When we entered the room, a single young man was seated on a ruined throne.
「What.this…… who.are.you…… this.is.the.king’s.chamber」
「Um…… and you are?」
Sure, if you took that king and made him about thirty years younger, he would look like that.
「I.am…… the.king.of.this.country」
「Huh? You said you were the king’s older brother, so I thought you’d be a lot older?」
「The.king? That…… vile.knight……」
「No, that’s wrong. I was summoned as a Saintess, but I’m not a knight」
「Saintess……」
「Anyway, I want you to tell me something. Where did you get that power!」
「My.power…… was.bestowed.upon.me.by.a.god.of.another.world」
A god of another world…… don’t tell me—
「Got it. The source of that power is underground, right!」
「How.do.you.know.that!?」
「Well, obviously because I looked into it」
Looks like I hit the mark. Then let’s finish this quickly.
「Alright then, leave this to me. Yuuki, head underground!」
Amilia declared confidently, magic overflowing from her entire body. She was clearly brimming with intent to fight.
「I’m counting on you!」
I turned on my heel and sprinted toward the underground. With how Amilia is now, she can probably defeat him without any trouble.
「Now then, will it be a demon or a serpent……」
Admiring the swelling magic power behind me, I leapt out through the window frame.
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◇Amilia side◇
「Hah!」
I released the magic power I had been holding back and raised my sword. Seeing my stance, my opponent frowned deeply.
「What.is.that.power……」
「The power my beloved gave me!」
「Insolent!!」
For the first time, the enemy showed intense emotion. Fangs and claws sprouted as he leapt forward.
「He looks like a demon straight out of a fairy tale. But he’s slow!!」
「GYAAAAAAA!?」
As I dashed past him, I sliced off his arm. Just as Yuuki predicted, it did not regenerate.
「Guhhhh!? Why! Whyyyyy!」
I sprang right in front of his writhing form and cut him down in two.
「The power of love, or something…… ah, that’s embarrassing」
「Ugh…… to.lose.to.something.like.that……!」
Just as he roared, an enormous surge of magic rose up from below.
「Tch!? This is bad!」
I tried to dodge in a panic, but the collapsing ground caught my foot.
「Kyaaaaaaa!?」
Just like that, I fell straight down.
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◇Yuuki side◇
「So this is the place causing all the trouble, but…… there’s no staircase going down anymore……」
It’s roughly ten meters below. Feels like the source is down there.
(Should I just punch straight through at this point?)
「Hup!」
――Paan…… Baan!!
I poured magic power into my fist and punched. About two meters of ground got gouged out.
「Five or six more times, huh」
「Hup!」
――Paan…… Ban!!
「Hup!」
――Paan…… Baan!!
「Hup!」
――Paan…… Basun!!
「Hup!」
――Paan…… Begin!!
「Eh? Whoaaaaaaa!!」
Right when I was one hit away, a torrent of magic power erupted.
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「Ugh…… this feels gross……」
No external injuries, but the nauseating magic power made my stomach churn.
「Still…… seriously……」
In front of me sat a massive magic stone.
「And this thing condensed human magic…… no, wait…… is this basically humans themselves?」
Looking closer, human bones were scattered all around. Was this made by boiling people down……?
「Hm? Something’s falling?」
「Kyaaaaaaaa!?」
「Gotcha…… you okay?」
I caught Amilia as she fell and instinctively held her close.
「Sorry…… I messed up……」
As Amilia pointed, I saw him clinging to the magic stone, forcibly regenerating his body.
「Marian!」
「Y-yesss!!」
I questioned Marian as she appeared.
「If we defeat him, will there be any problems?」
「Let me see…… ew, that’s gross…… um…… if you destroy it as is, that’s bad! If you have something to seal it!」
「Sealing, huh…… anything come to mind?」
Marian looked shocked, like she hadn’t expected that.
「Eh!? I actually entrusted most of my power to bring you back, so all I have right now is something like…… this……」
She pulled out a bottle.
「No way that’ll fit……」
「Right……」
「Um? You two…… would this work?」
Amilia took out the sword I made. She must have poured magic into it, because it was shining brilliantly.
「A sword…… wait, what is this divine aura!?」
「Yuuki forged it for me」
「That explains it…… this will work!」
Marian smiled from ear to ear.
「But…… are you sure?」
「It’s fine! Yuuki will just make me another one!」
She leaned in close, smiling without a hint of doubt, and my chest tightened a little.
「Got it. I’ll make you an even better one next time」
Saying that, Amilia and I gripped the single sword together.
「Alright, let’s do this!」
「Yes! Let’s finish it!」
「I’ll help too, even if it’s just a little! I’ll infuse it with purification power!!」
As Marian poured in her strength, the sword’s glow intensified.
「Okay, here we go!」
We charged forward, lining up the evil god and the magic stone in a straight path.
「「Haaaaaa!!」」
「Fufufu! With this power!? Gyaaaaaa!?」
We pierced straight through and drove the sword into the magic stone.
「Gyaaaaaa!!」
Crushed, the evil god writhed one last time, spewing black sludge, before losing strength, turning to ash, and vanishing.
「!? Yuuki-san, I saw the future!!」
At Marian’s words, Amilia and I looked at each other.
「So that means?」
「You can go home!!」
「「Yayyyyy!!」」
We hugged each other tightly, hearts pounding, as victory cries echoed from outside.
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