Volume 5 - Prologue

A white finger, flicked some slightly white and cloudy hot water.

「You, what do you plan on doing once you find that Magician?」

「If they’re a useful fellow, I will make them my subordinate! If they won’t obey me, then I thought I would teach them the difference in our strength!」

「You damned troublesome fellow.」

To call Lamnites, the leader of this territory, a “troublesome fellow”……

「Fufu……He was a strange man.」

The magic that repulsed the 《Sand Whale》 that was heading to the town, it was something so high-ranked that she had never seen before. Most likely, there was no one even in the royal capital’s Magician Guild that could use that sort of Chemical Elemental Magic. She had no doubts about his extraordinary talent.

However, those eyes, they somehow looked like that of a young boy’s. The unselfishness that was unsuited for his ability, and behavior that couldn’t be called humility, she couldn’t help but feel incongruity from it.

Lamnites caressed her own well-rounded breasts. Seeing these, that man looked like he was bashful.

「……Going as far as taking along slaves such as those, he couldn’t possibly not have experience with women, right?」

Come to think of it, I forgot to ask his name──is what she thought.

She decided to have it investigated.

She had a personality where she would immediately take action once she made up her mind.

While still submerged in the bathtub, she raised her voice.

「Someone!」

Normally, there would be an immediate reply from a chamberlain in wait outside.

That, didn’t come.

Feeling a strange uneasiness, Lamnites stood up inside of the bathtub.

Making splashes, drops of water fell from her scarlet hair and her body that was abundant with curves.

Her slackened senses tensed up. When she exposed her skin to the atmosphere, she was able to sense something that she hadn’t noticed up until now.

──What is this? This sticky presence!?

Lamnites stretched her hand out.

The presence that was like mud, it approached with terrifying speed.

She hurriedly grabbed her Revolver Magi Gun. She turned around.

Some jet black person stood on the surface of the bathtub’s water. Lamnites pulled the trigger before she could confirm its identity.

The gunshot resounded.

The Magi Gun’s bullet certainly hit it but……

Their complexion didn’t change a single bit.

It was a man.

His age was at least in the twenties. With good looks that could be called beautiful, he had white skin, a slender chin, almond eyes, and even the bridge of his nose was good.

His clothes were that of a tuxedo that felt was if he were going to a party. The style was slightly old though.

If it was just that, he would simply be a handsome young man that looked like he would be popular in high society.

However, that guy was standing on the water’s surface.

On his back, he had the wings of a bat.

Even though the bullet had hit his left breast, not even blood came out.

He wasn’t a person.

「It is “you damned fool”.」

Vanaknes stiffened up while still having a smile.

Before long, that gentle smile collapsed and crumbled. His lips tore apart, and countless fangs line up within could be seen.

「Fuhahaha! In that case, let the eating start with you!」

「Do not take me lightly, you scum──《Flare Bullet》!!」

She added magic on top of the magical power that was endowed on the Magi Gun’s bullets.

And then, she drove all of the three remaining shots in the cylinder into him.

An explosion was raised.

Vanaknes’ figure was engulfed in black smoke.

Lamnites jumped out from the bathtub. She had even stronger equipment prepared outside of the bathing room. If she used those, then──

However, she was thrust away by the thing that flew out from the black smoke.

She was thrown into a wall.

「Kuhah……!?」

──What just happened?

The black smoke cleared up. What had bashed Lamnites was Vanaknes’ fist. His arm stretched out long as if it were an elephant’s trunk.

Going *shuru shuru*, it returned to its original length.

「Fufufu……So it was a magic endowed bullet. That was quite good, it worked splendidly. That’s true, you know?」

His tuxedo was burning. Did it only burn his clothing?

「Lamnites-sama!」

A shout was made from the side.

At the same time, a bullet charged with magic was fired. An explosion happened.

Vanaknes laughed scornfully.

「To obstruct an act of love……That is very boorish.」

The one that charged into the bathing room was one of her subordinate knights. He attacked by firing a large type Magi Gun in rapid succession.

「You damned Demonic Being, don’t touch Lamnites-sama!」

「This isn’t bad, since the more love is obstructed, the more roused up it gets. I wouldn’t mind going against you here, but I do not want to get the precious lovely woman that I found to get dragged into it──I suppose I will withdraw for tonight.」

Even while taking the Magi Gun attacks, Vanaknes kept a nonchalant air about him, and gently floated up.

Translator’s Notes:

[1] Pronounced Va-nak-nes. Original: バナクネス