I Picked Up a Witch With Amnesia

2. Winter Expedition – 05

To put it bluntly, I was useless to anyone.

Kwaang!

“aagh!”

Right after I was thrown out of the way with a single gesture of a witch that seemed to drive away flies, as soon as I disappeared in the middle, the battle between the ‘Winter Expedition’ and the ‘Witch of Winter’ began.

It was truly a scene that could be called the second coming of a myth.

woo woo woo-

At Bianca’s fingertips, a huge flame reminiscent of the flames of hell is created and embroiders the sky. As the flames grazed the ground, it was clear that the land in the area was melting like a marshmallow.

“Haa!”

The sword that the princess wielded at an angle made the earth dent in one stroke. The shock wave that barely passed the witch cut off the mountain peak in the distance. The sight of the mountain peak itself being cut off by a single longsword less than two meters long did not feel realistic at all.

Geek-

From Kyrie’s fingertips, an arrow pulled to the limit was fired. The arrows fly in concentric circles in the air, destroying everything around them with a huge pore. Even if it misses the target, Kyrie’s arrows will try to bite the target to the end as if it had eyes.

“Goddess, look upon your servant…”

Light descends from the sky centering on the saintess. Nobility and divinity are felt in the image of the saintess kneeling in the middle of the holy light that seems to connect heaven and earth. Even I, who was outside the light’s sphere of influence, was quickly healed from the wound I had just received, and my whole body was overflowing with vitality.

…To be honest, it was good to see that I was mesmerized by the sight. I knew that the members of the ‘Winter Expedition’ were strong, but I never imagined they would be that strong.

In the past year, when Bianca used magic, it was to the extent of making hot water or creating a fireball in her hand when gnashing at me, and when Kyrie shot an arrow, it was only to catch a beast or wild animal that popped out very occasionally. Most of the time, the princess wouldn’t even pull out her sword when she encountered monsters because it was trivial, and the only time the saintess used healing magic was when she was trying to recover me after being beaten by various monsters. In the first place, other members were rarely injured.

So this was the first time. To see them using 100% of their power.

“….under.”

And the witches against those monsters were one step ahead of them.

Bianca’s magical trajectories are turned around in an instant, an ice barrier is created that blocks the sword energy fired by the princess, and an arrow shot by Kyrie is hit with a straight face, but it doesn’t matter.

Even though it was a 4-to-1 fight, their fight does not easily tip to either side. The witch was also a monster who continued to fight on an equal footing with the four of them on her own.

…But at this moment, what I was paying attention to was not the bloody battle between the monsters.

The witch waves her hands. According to her gesture, the magic Bianca shoots bounces off in different directions. Bianca’s flame, twisted by the witch, flew in a completely different direction from its original goal. That’s right, towards the main castle of the Estel Duchy that stood behind the witch.

Kwak Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwam!

The core of the nature that was hit directly by Bianca’s flame evaporated in an instant. As the middle part of the building disappears in an instant, the unbalanced lower part slowly collapses as if it can’t stand it any longer, letting out a agony.

“….ah.”

woo woo woo-

It was a historic moment when the castle of the Duke of Estelle, which boasted a thousand years of history, was destroyed in my generation. Although it was not something I did, it was also true that my nature collapsed when I was the head of the family of Estelle. And my heart, watching the scene in real time, also collapsed.

“……”

“Oh? mistake.”

As I stare at my true nature in a state of fascination, I hear Bianca’s voice from the side talking about a ‘mistake’ in a voice that doesn’t seem sorry at all. I wanted to run to that bitch right now and choke the one who dared to say the word ‘mistake’, but the situation did not go so smoothly.

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Maybe it was the aftermath of having succeeded in repelling all the attacks from this side and relaxing a bit. The witch’s fingers start to show a completely different movement.

Kwurrring!

Lightning erupts from the witch’s fingertips. However, the rising lightning does not strike us. The witch’s thunderbolt soars up into the sky.

Rumble-!

A roar echoes. Dark clouds roll in the sky. A cumulonimbus cloud forms and the cloud itself starts to crackle with static electricity.

‘…crazy.’

I don’t know anything else, but I know one thing for sure. That the next blow would be f*cking dangerous.

“Whoops. I’ve never used it on people, so I can’t control the power well. Then, good luck.”

The witch’s voice sounded like something drowsy. Immediately after that, the witch’s fingers flicked downward.

aa!!

“…!”

Catastrophe itself strikes down. In the sky, lightning, bigger than most buildings, splits into dozens of branches and starts raining down on us. My God, I knew it was strong, but was the witch’s power this strong?

But that was the time.

[I entrusted my shield to the goddess who seeks righteousness.]

A voice resounding on the battlefield, something reverently felt. In the next moment, an incomparable amount of light began to pour from the sky.

“….ah.”

welcome shines Behind Saint Ariel, there is an illusion that someone who looks down on all humans and regards them with benevolence seems to be landing. At that sacredness, the urge to kneel starts to stir in my heart.

[All paths illuminated by the goddess are the kindness and truth of those who keep her covenant.]

The light expands its power. The sacred light shining from the center of the saintess Ariel becomes a shield that protects everything, deflecting all the principles of this world.

“Cain, what are you doing there! Did you freak out because you wanted to die?”

However, the halo did not extend its power to the place where I was sitting, so Bianca uses magic and throws me into the realm of light in a hurry. And a second later, a lightning bolt the size of a house strikes the spot where I was sitting.

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwak!

I can’t even laugh when I see the seat I was sitting on just now being shattered without leaving any traces.

“…under. I’m going crazy. I’m really going crazy.”

I felt like I was so pathetic and stupid that I was going to go crazy, having laughed at the witch’s neck just before.

I realize that if the witch had made up her mind, by now I would have been a corpse with the first blow. Perhaps, the witch didn’t do it because it wasn’t worth it.

“You sit quietly behind that sneaky woman. If you die while installing it for no reason, you might become a wild dreamer.”

Saying that, Bianca set me down next to Saint Ariel. And just as I was about to fly back to the battlefield, he suddenly looks back at me.

“hey! Have you forgotten something?”

“…?”

why is this shit again As I put on an expression of incomprehension, Bianca pounded her chest as if she was frustrated. It looks like an unlearned caveman in my eyes.

“I just saved you! Have you already forgotten?”

“…ah.”

Come to think of it, something like that happened. But my expression is just grim. Ash: Isn’t it too shameless to show condescension to someone who was responsible for destroying the original nature of the Duchy of Estel, just because he saved my life once? However, I am proud to be a civilized person who cannot be compared to the primitive man in front of me, so I express my gratitude to her obediently.

“Thank you, I lived thanks to you. Bianca.”

Bianca’s complexion changes as I say thank you to her. It looks like he’s angry at me, and in some ways it looks like he’s embarrassed.

“Mmmmm!”

Bianca shakes her head like a person who suddenly got water in her ears. And after glaring at me with terrifying eyes for a while, he turns to the witch.

…Are you really crazy? I asked him to say hello, and he gave me such an incomprehensible reaction.

As I blankly watch Bianca’s disappearance from behind, Ariel sneaks up to me and taps me on the shoulder.

“…Well. Cain. It could be dangerous, so could you stay behind me? Please don’t go too far forward. You might get hurt.”

Those warm and caring words are automatically translated into my ears as ‘don’t install it if you’re going to f*ck it up and stay behind me quietly.’ It must have actually meant something like that.

“…Then, don’t hesitate.”

But pride is not what protects my life. I quickly hide behind Ariel’s back. I know it looks ugly, but I can’t help it. Even if you roll over dog poop, being in this world is the best.

****

The battle between the ‘Winter Expedition’ and the ‘Winter Witch’ took place over half a day.

At the same time, the main stage of their battle, the Duchy of Estel, was also completely destroyed.

The lord’s castle had been turned to dust a long time ago, and several buildings in the area were also shattered. All the farmland that had been cleared for decades had been completely plowed up, and it was clearly visible that hideous huge holes had been dug all over the estate.

And as I, the head of the Duke of Estelle and the lord who rules this place, looked at the scene, I felt the sky turn yellow.

“…I want to see my mother.”

It was a word he said with sincerity. Today, I miss my mother who passed away when I was young.

“Ughhh…”

“…..”

The battle is over. ‘Winter Expedition’ and ‘Winter Witch’ fought madly to kill each other, but in the end, the winner was not decided.

Bianca, the princess, the saintess, and Kirie all collapsed on the floor unconscious. The witch wasn’t safe either. The witch didn’t lose her senses, but at the same time didn’t seem to have time to lift a finger. Seeing him collapsed on the floor, only moaning, it seemed that the other side had also been mortally wounded.

“…..”

Unscathed from being wrapped up in Ariel’s skirt, I just stare blankly at the scene.

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Maybe now is your chance Wouldn’t this be the only chance to defeat that bitch now, with that witch losing all her strength and lying on the floor?

Sureureung.

Thinking so, I drew my sword from my waist.

And he began to trudge toward the witch.

“….ha.”

The witch turns her head in my direction, perhaps sensing my presence. But at the same time, she just stares at me and doesn’t show any sign of resistance.

…Really, the witch seems to have run out of power. For a moment, you think that everything is like a comedy. Even when the emperor or the upper heads included me in the expedition as a meat shield, I would have never imagined that such an end would come. In terms of force, no one would have imagined that ‘Cain von Estel’, who could not even follow the expedition’s toes, would take on the role of inserting a sword into the heart of a witch.

“…witch.”

I see the witch’s face lying on the floor panting. With snow-white hair and youthful beauty, she looks like a young lady from an aristocratic family. But at the same time she is a witch. A vicious and evil witch who brought winter to the entire continent and drove countless people to death.

Chi Ling-

Raise your sword. The place I’m aiming for is the heart. The option to kill remains unchanged, but I plan to let go as painlessly as possible. We are the winners and she is the loser. She had to sacrifice her life as the price of defeat, so I had no intention of asking her for anything more. I didn’t even get into that battle in the first place, and standing behind Ariel, trembling, didn’t even have that kind of qualification.

“bye. In your next life, live a little better.”

While muttering that, I thrust my sword down into the witch’s heart.

Right before my sword pierces her heart, the eyes of the witch and mine meet.

“…!”

In the next moment, time stops. It’s not like an analogy. In a fleeting moment, as if one second had been cut into a hundred, the witch and I realized that we were looking into each other’s eyes.

In the moment when only she and me exist in the world, the witch licks her lips.

“…This time, you are left. Whoops.”

“What?”

Embarrassed, I tried to ask what that meant, but it was too late.

Time returns to normal. My sword also advances unstoppably towards the target it was aiming for.

Fu-wook!

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My sword pierces the witch’s heart. There was no resistance. Blood spurts from the corners of the witch’s mouth. However, resentment was not reflected in the eyes of the witch. She quietly pushes away the sword stuck in her heart and quietly strokes my embarrassed cheek, not knowing what to do.

“thank you.”

Saying so, the witch crept into my arms.

And the next moment, my vision begins to twist. The world starts spinning round and round. Centered on me and the witch, I feel the world itself begin to change.

As I felt a dazzling light embrace me, my consciousness fell into darkness as if it had turned off.