Chapter 81

In the outskirts of Roizen, in the open grasslands .

The two hundred slave soldiers were challenging me .

With “Warrior’s Eyes” that can only be wielded by people who have experienced many battles, they grouped and attacked me .

I fought back using Eleanor . Hikari was still hanging on my waist .

『They have become quite useful now』

「I think so too, if it’s like this, I can take them to battlefields」

While chatting with Eleanor, I counterattacked with the thought of training them .

It’s a mock battle after all, so I fought while holding back to not let them get severe injuries .

「Retreat once!」

When one of the slave soldiers shouted that, all of them started to fall back .

「Ohh」

I was slightly moved .

Their formation while falling back was surprisingly orderly .

『They’re quite trained』

「I think so too」

『You want to do a pursuit attack? It’s also interesting how their rear guard fairs』

“Alright”ーーwhen I nodded like that, I felt a pressure from the side .

I held Eleanor and stopped the one who was closing in .

*Kakiーn!*, the sharp sword sounds echoes .

It was the appearance of a woman holding a large sword .

「Agnes huh」

「The only one who can call me that is Nee-san」

Showing an angry expression, Agnes pushes me to a sword lock .

Looking over her shoulder, there was Io and the clerical clothed woman, Julia .

Io’s party, an orthodox party of a swordsman, magician, and priest .

After the slave soldiers, the three challenged me .

「UUOOOOOO!!」

「Just brute strength?」

「ーー!! There’s no way right!」

Agnes reddened her face .

She shifted her blade, and this time, she slashed horizontally using the centrifugal force with the large swords .

The sound of the swords clashing, and an impact greater than earlier .

It was an impact that made Eleanor slightly shake .

「You’re good」

「Don’t look down on me!」

Agnes slashed consecutively . Behind her, Julia supported her, and Io started to cast her spell .

Io’s party’s standard strategy . While Agnes was blocking the enemy, Julia heightens her magic powers to support, and Io would deal the finishing blow .

It’s a good orthodox strategy, I can easily imagine its high results .

And furthermore, that’s not all, while chanting, Io’s eyes were shining .

“She’s aiming for something”, I thought . Thinking of her intention, I started to look forward to it .

The sounds of the swords clashing continued, I waited for that . And finally .

「Agnes!」

Julia shouted . Agnes who was fighting me used the recoil of exchanging swords to greatly fall back .

And with almost no pauseーーIo’s magic flew .

The lightning magic fell from the sky, a hundred lightning strikes fell consecutively .

Io’s great magic, her finishing magic .

I held Eleanor, and endured it .

I couldn’t escape with no damage, but the damage isn’t that much .

It’s damage that I could endure knowing that it would come .

The one hundred strikes fell, and my smoke raised from my body .

Well then, what’s next after this magicーー .

「Onee-sama! Now!」

「Yes! Kakeru-san! Here I come!」

Julia’s body shined, and that light goes to Io .

Soon after, Io released a magic .

「Guu!」

I felt it to the core of my body . The pain, heat, and numbness ran through me .

The consecutive blows came, a hundred lightning strikes, it’s the second one!

I didn’t think that the great magic that requires a long chant would come consecutively, so the magic hits my body without me being on guard .

The damage came to my body directly .

「We did it, we really did it . As expected of Nee-san」

「That’s the price of underestimating Onee-sama」

Agnes and Julia celebrated .

「Fuu〜……」

I let out the breath I held in my lungs .

Even if it’s me, I still received quite some damage .

「Bluffing isn’t good for you, you know, receiving Nee-san’s Lightning Hundredーー」

「That’s right, the two of them directly hit, soーー」

I sprinted off, kicking the ground .

First, I closed in to Agnes, I grabbed her who wasn’t able to even react, and threw her towards Julia .

The two of them were blown away together .

This time, I closed in to Io . I placed Eleanor’s edge to her throat, and make a formal checkmate .

「As expected of Kakeru-san」

Io laughed wryly .

「It was quite effective」

「I thought that I had a chance though」

「If it’s anyone other than me, you would have a lot」

「Then, how about this?」

「Whatーーku!」

I was shot by magic from the side . The magic hits me off guard .

I mean, it’s magic?! Who is it!

I held Eleanor and looked to the side, and in there, there was the ghost maid pair, Tania and Peggy .

The two who were floating in the air released their magic one next to the other .

I blocked them using Eleanor, and slashed .

And while I was doing that, Agnes recovered, and slashes to me with her large sword .

And furthermore, as if they were waiting just for that, the 200 slave soldiers joined the fray .

Slave soldiers, Io’s party, maid ghosts .

They all attacked me at once .

「This is great, it’s starting to get fun . Hikari」

『Un!』

I drew Hikari answering, and dual wield with Eleanor .

I clad myself with the dark aura coming out from the Demon Sword .

It’s fun .

Io’s party, the ghosts’ magic, the slave soldiers’ attacks .

It’s fun fighting against them .

I got a little serious .

I broke through Agnes’ guard and stopped Io’s incantation, trampled the slave soldiers, and erased the ghosts’ magic using the Demon Sword’s aura .

I fought them with Eleanor and Hikari .

All of them were defeated, and when the attacks finally calmed downーーthat flew .

「You finally came」

I grinned, and countered with Eleanor .

The sharp sword sound was deafening .

Two blows with one slash .

The one who closed in was Nana who was clad in a platinum armor .

「I guessed you’d come」

「I will attack will all of my strength」

Nana who gained the new powers of 100% additional attack .

From how the events progressed, I guessed that she’d come .

The Demon Sword and her long sword clashes . Both of them had additional attacks, and double the times of the clashing swords, the sword sounds echoes through .

The slave soldiers, Io’s party, and maid ghosts .

All of them were watching from the side .

「You’re strong, Nana . You’d gotten stronger than before」

「I trained for the sake of Aruji!」

「Come more」

「Fu!」

Flashes full of her willーーthree consecutive slash .

Three lights appeared in front of me, and the six blows numbed my hand that holds Eleanor .

「Haaaaaa!!」

And after that, I started to lose leeway to think, this time, six consecutive attacks followed .

Twelve bows, I couldn’t help but use Hikari to parry .

「You’re good」

「Gratitude!」

「How about this!」

I got a little serious, I thought that if it’s Nana .

I clashed with the six consecutive slashes that came by using Eleanor to attack with the same speed, and slashed using Hikari .

*Zaku!*

The small Demon Sword touched Nana’s skinーーbut there wasn’t any reaction .

I was sure that I cut her, but there was no reaction at all . What does thisーー .

「ーーMelissa!」

I couldn’t help to let out a voice . Behind Nana, I saw there the appearance of the Immortal Saintess .

Melissa was in a pose of praying with her hands together, and there was blood spurting out from her body, the same place where Nana was cut .

This is unexpected, this is completely unexpected .

I couldn’t expect at all that Nana and Melissa would join forces .

It was too unexpected thatーー

「Haha」

I laughed out .

I kicked the ground and jumped back .

I looked at the women in front of me .

Nana .

Melissa .

Io and her party .

Maid ghosts .

Slave soldiers .

The women’s eyes were shining all the same .

They were eyes that were aiming for something, after all this .

This battle, it was a fight to measure their strengthーーand they have eyes that show that they are seriously thinking of defeating me .

「Haha」

I laughed again, it’s so fun I can’t help myself .

『Otou-san, he looks happy』

『Men are idiots after all .  They’d be like that with good women in front of them』

『Onee-chans, all of them are good women?』

『Hmph . You can tell just looking at this guy’s attitude right?』

Eleanor and Hikari chatted inside my head .

I completely agree .

「All of you are good women」

I charged towards Nana who was in the spearhead, and towards the women .

Holding back, I’m done with that .

I wanted to know, how good women they are .

☆

I returned advanced to the mansion .

It was a fierce battle, and I really feel fierce as well .

The density of the battle was completely different; this heightened feeling exceeds what I felt at the time when I defeated the Red Dragon .

And with that heightened feelings, I came to Althea’s room .

「Althea」

「What is it?」

I reached out my hand .

With just that, Althea understood .

She took out her hand from her cloak, and held my hand .

All of the vigor from my body felt like it was being absorbed . The wrinkly hand became rejuvenated .

Great Sage Althea . A woman who becomes youthful with a thousand people’s vigor, or the vigor by myself .

And finally, she stopped absorbing the vigor, and showed her face .

I was surprised .

「Althea?」

「What is it」

「That appearance」

The Althea in front of me is very beautiful .

When I first met her, I thought of her as a matchless beauty .

But the Althea right in front of me was more than that .

She was more beautiful than the time I thought of her as a matchless beauty .

「……this is my prime」

「Prime?」

「Yes . I have become rejuvenated up until now, but it was 80% of my prime . The amount of vigor was enough, but the quality wasn’t so it was only up to 80%」

「The quality was enough now, that’s what you’re saying」

「Yes……what happened?」

Althea stared at me, and asked .

「There were good women」

「Is that so」

With only that, Althea had a convinced expression .

「And so」

She said that, and stared at me furthermore .

Her eyes were asking what was next .

I wanted Althea .

Up until now, I was only giving her vigor to become rejuvenated, but I couldn’t feel anything anymore after that .

My vigor was completely sucked away .

But, right nowーーI still can do it .

I carried Althea to an embrace .

I took her from the room while carrying her like a princess, and went to my room .

I placed her on top of the bed, and stared straight at her .

「Althea . Tell me your name . I only know you as Althea」

I wanted to know the name of the woman that I was going to make as mine .

「I am Althea, just Althea」

「Althea……」

「I am “just” Althea」

Staring at her for a while, I said .

「No, up until now, you were the Great Sage Althea . But here, from now on」

I stared straight at her eyes, and kissed her .

「I will, make you just Althea」

「Un……」

She nodded, and Althea slowly closed her eyes .

Today is full of surprises, up to the end, I was surprised .

Althea, it was the first time .