My Disciples Know That I Am Strong

Episode 9. Bewitching Donmisae (3)

“Woo-wook. I’m dizzy.”

I get more motion sickness than Maria’s teleport.

With Rexton’s consideration, I hired a travel wizard and quickly crossed over to the border, but my stomach was pounding.

“Something is weird because he retches with an expressionless expression.”

“… Shut up, Ariel.”

Holding on to the tree, I lowered her head to the ground.

After she calmed down, she raised her head.

“After… ….”

She took a deep breath and cleared her mind.

“Was Master’s weak point was motion sickness?”

“I don’t know. Maria’s teleport was fine. For some reason, other people’s things don’t fit.”

“Huh~ Does that mean that the mana waves between me and Master match well?”

“Well… ….”

I know teleport has nothing to do with mana wavelength.

I don’t know why, but the others didn’t work. I’ll have to use Maria’s teleport to get back.

“By the way, here… ….”

“This is a temporary base that governs the border area. Well, it’s been maintained for decades, so even the word temporary is awkward. In the back is a small town with an adventurer’s guild, supplies, and shops. You can purchase items over there or receive scheduled supplies.”

While listening to the explanation from the mobile wizard, I remembered the NPC who explained in detail when the warriors first came to the battlefield in the game.

“Then I wish you good luck. Except for exceptional circumstances like today, the teleport operates for 30 minutes from noon, so please keep that in mind.”

The movement wizard who moved us moves towards the adventurer’s guild, which can also be seen from here.

“How long does it take to the border from here?”

I asked Ella.

“My standard would be about 30 minutes at full speed. That should be enough to see the walls.”

She meant that if she was moving at full speed by her standards, she would be at least several tens of kilometers away.

Well, you have to be that far away to build a temporary base.

“Then…… Since I have to fight, I think it would be better to move at full speed or moderately.”

[Prause, do you intend to possess from now on?]

“No. It is still.”

If it wasn’t full speed, it was enough to move at high speed to a level that was sufficiently controllable.

I’ve improved my stamina quite a bit over the past two years, so there was no particular problem.

I glanced at the ‘two swords’ hanging from my waist, the purification stone hanging from my neck, and Frost’s hobbies.

He made a necklace of purification stones for the warriors as well.

Anyway, preparation is perfect.

At Tina’s waist, I gave her a wind sword aura.

As with any strong opponent, he briefly changed his weapon to borrow the power of Phasma.

The spirit king’s sword is one of the final weapons, but in fact, it was a rather unsuitable weapon for Tina or Iris to use.

Its form is a sword, but its effect is that it is a weapon that assists mages to achieve the highest level of magic while using the least amount of mana.

Of course, Tina, the warrior of the sword, can exert absolute power as long as she has the ‘form’ of the sword.

“I will tell you in advance. Unlike Mana, Magi usually has a dark purple color. People without mana get fatal diseases just by touching it, but people with mana have resistance and there is no problem with touching it. However, direct injection into the body is a different story. Be careful never to be attacked.”

I handed him a purification stone and a potion in case he was attacked, but I couldn’t help feeling uneasy.

You never know when a variable will arise and put you in danger.

“Yes!”

“Now then… …. Let’s go. “High-speed travel.”

I kicked the ground. Thanks to the artifact, I run at high speed, and in an instant, the children catch up with me and run side by side.

Ella, who was one beat late, quickly followed us.

I have a long way to go.

If I have to come again in the future, I’ll have to ask for a wagon.

* * *

“Let’s take a break.”

I ran for about thirty minutes.

To be honest, I felt like I couldn’t run because I was tired.

Still, I can feel the distance getting closer.

At the same time as I could see the fortress walls built in the border area to prevent demons from entering, a numbness came to my normally numb skin. I could feel the chicken meat coming up and my skin getting colder.

The sky seen through the trees was dyed black, creating a heterogeneous background.

“I was curious about what the Demon Realm looked like. A little…… I feel bad.”

At some point, Tina climbed the tree I was leaning on.

It was then. The sound of manapo firing was heard in the distance.

Koogu Palace―.

“Prause, is this your first time on the battlefield?”

Ella sneaks up on you.

“Yes.”

“But why did Archduke Rexton refuse to join the adventurers?”

“…… If someone is too strong to subdue the black dragon, it will only get in the way.”

When they were in danger of dying, I couldn’t deal with them one by one, and I didn’t want to see someone die in front of me.

In addition, if there were other people, the warriors had to share the monsters they had to hunt, which hindered their growth.

“Confidence is good, but black dragons are not easygoing demons.”

“I guess so.”

I’ve never seen anything so easy. Because it was a boss-level monster that warriors faced when they were 15 years old.

How many saves did you load because of his breath?

Come to think of it, I did something to feel sorry for the warriors.

Sorry for being sh*t.

“Aren’t you nervous?”

“There is no need to be nervous.”

It’s not ‘me’ who fights anyway.

“But rather than relaxing too much, it will help the fight.”

“Yes. Do that.”

I looked at her as I tried to end her conversation with an appropriate answer. When Ella felt my gaze, she tilted her head.

“…… Are you okay now?”

“Oh, you mean the body? After taking a break for about two years, my body actually itched. This is all thanks to Prause-nim, who sold me the purification stone.”

It was an expression of sincere gratitude. But that’s not what I was asking about.

“I’m talking about the mind, not the body.”

“Spirit?”

“…… I know you have trauma. If I need your help when I defeat the black dragon, can you fight alongside me?”

I wouldn’t want her help in subjugating the black dragon, but I was asking just in case.

If the trauma is going to cause a panic, it’s better to get away from it in advance.

“Oh~ Since when did you say you were so interested in me? Fufu, did Prause-nim finally find out about my charms?”

“If you’re going to say something nonsense, let’s go.”

“Wow! Wait!”

As I try to get my back off the tree, I grab my forearm and put it back on the tree. I’ll break your arm

“You have to listen to the answer until the end. They say you don’t know until you fully understand the imperial language.”

Somehow, it was a familiar phrase.

“So. Which one?”

“Ummm… …. To be honest, it’s a little scary.”

She took up beside me and leaned her back against a tree. He kicked the mud and forced a smile.

“Still, I have to overcome it. I am the Grand Duchess of the Todia family. If I show weakness, how anxious the people of the Empire will be.”

“You mean you can fight?”

“If you dismiss it like that, what will I say… …. I want you to understand a woman’s heart.”

Ella openly expresses her regret.

I stared at her without answering her. Glancing at her, she replied in a flirtatious manner.

“Yes yes~ We can fight~”

“…… Is it. That’s it. Don’t overdo it though. Trauma is not something light.”

I patted her on the shoulder. It was the greatest consolation I could do with facial expression management.

“Looking at Prause, it seems like he has no manners and no formality. Unexpectedly, he heard and left people behind.”

“I never did.”

“I did that a little while ago. Why do you always think of others after doing something to be hated?”

“…… I have never done anything to be hated.”

“Are you serious?”

I honestly had nothing to say.

“Certainly Prause-sama also lives at a loss. If I had spoken a little better in front of Grand Duke Rexton, I could have gone in a good enough direction with something other than dealing with the black dragon.”

“He was the one to be killed anyway.”

“Yes…… ?”

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“This is my way. If you have fallen, tell me that you have fallen. I had no intention of getting engaged anyway.”

She was silent at my words. Ella, who had been staring at the ground, suddenly raised her head and stood in front of me.

“Well, I like strong people.”

I stopped at the unexpected topic.

Tina, who was up in the tree, and Iris and Maria, who were talking with Ariel, also focused their attention on this side.

“I’ve heard that story over and over again.”

“Growing up in the Todia family, I was always taught to be a dependable person. I heard that you should be faithful to the imperial family more than anyone else, but take the lead in protecting and saving the weak.”

I guess so.

The Todia family is a military family that is said to have special powers from birth. It wasn’t strange that such a teaching came down.

The difference between the presence and absence of the Todia family is the level of the empire’s national power.

Her siblings, who are actually above her own, also had powers comparable to her S-class, just like her.

“But…… I thought of it every time I heard that story. What should I do if I’m having a hard time, if I’m about to die, and there’s no one I can rely on.”

“… ….”

“And while going through painful days because of Margie a few years ago, I also thought that I needed someone I could trust and rely on.”

“… And was it me?”

She bobbed her head up and down her head heavily.

“If Prause hadn’t sold the Purification Stone, I would be dead by now.”

“It is no coincidence that I sold the stone of purification.”

“You know it’s not going to be dismissed as a coincidence.”

She smiled bitterly at her.

“I want to ask Prause. Why did you convince me to buy the purification stone? Why did Prause try to save me? What the hell am I to Prause-nim? Prause-nim, what are you thinking?”

I don’t know what you’re misunderstanding.

The only reason Ella Todia was saved was to make it a little easier to defend the empire in the Great War.

She’s just a chess that will make her episode run smoothly.

I never had any feelings for her, and she never intended to have any.

“You said it with your mouth. That she should be a dependable person. There’s a lot of difference between you being alive and not being alive, so I’m just saving you.”

“Is that really all there is?”

“…… Okay.”

“Then is it okay if I turn to Prause when I’m having a hard time?”

“… Well. Look at the situation…… I will have to judge.”

Because you are strong, do it yourself, I couldn’t say the same thing.

That wasn’t something to be said to someone who came across it seriously.

I, who had already committed all sorts of atrocities ignoring social status, thought what would be the point of being considerate now.

“I don’t deny it. Yes, that’s enough for now.”

She said, slowly pulling herself away from the tree.

“Let’s start again. Now, in front of the Demon World.”

She takes the first step. I looked at the warriors as I adjusted my clothes.

No matter who they were, they were making subtle expressions.