CH 44.2

「Right, your husband-san who’s also called “charitable”.」

「Oi oi, I can’t find someone like him anywhere, can’t I?」

「Ah, yeah, yeah….desu wa. So, when are you going to return to the army?」

Laura-san puffs smoke into the air and says, “I’m not going back.”

「What do you mean?」

I felt the space distorted.

I felt a tremor in my body. It’s so much that I instinctively invoked a buff on myself. A pigeon that had been flying in the sly came crashing down nearby.

What is this woman? The overlord of the apocalypse or something!?

「Can you say it again? You, from the Slayra family? This Eiha Regius’ favorite rival? You’re not going to return even though your magic organ has been restored?」

Laura-san smiled at me and smiled carefreely at her as if bragging about a new toy to a friend.

「My husband said he’ll make sure I don’t have to go to war.」

A massive bloodlust flew at me giving me side-splitting pressure.

This nasty woman takes her gaze off Laura-san and glares at me.

Ugh, I’m going to throw up.

「You’re called Sawadi-dono, right…..aren’t you misunderstanding something?」

「Eh, no, ano….」

「She’s not your average whore. She’s “Light Ray”.」

「Haa…..」

Laura-san smiles as she sees the exchange between me and the woman.

Why are you leaving the dealing of your nasty friend to me……

「She burns down airships with a swing of her arm, and opens a red path to a large army who charges at her like clouds and haze. She is a demon in woman form. You’re not someone who can do anything about it.」

I feel like there’s a physical tension between me and her…..

I felt my spine being stirred but I summoned my courage and answered with a loud voice.

「Even if she’s a demon, she’s still a woman. I, her husband, will protect her.」

Lady Eiha, whose gaze had become too sharp to look at directly, clicked her tongue loudly.

「You, have you ever killed someone?」

「No.」

「How can a man like you protect someone like Laura Slayra?」

「I’m going to heal.」

「You have guts. But guts alone are worthless on the battlefield!」

Boom! Electricity pours out of her feet, flowing to the floor of the hall.

It extended on her feet at a tremendous speed. I can only freeze at the sight.

「That’s enough.」

The cool veteran stepped in between me and the woman’s magic.

「This is a celebration, you know.」

Walking next to him is a big veteran with smoking arms.

「Great ideals of the young generation, it is the role of old soldiers to support them.」

An elderly veteran with fireballs floating next to him also slowly walked from behind.

Before I knew it, I’m already completely surrounded by veterans.

「Men, you think you are powerful? 」

Lady Eiha, who has no intention of backing down, looks around at the veterans standing around her. She’s emitting purple electricity all over her body.

Whoah, what a hair-trigger crisis! Just when it seemed like she was about to make a move, a voice sounded and distracted her in a good way.

「I know you’re sad that your friend has been taken away by a man but leave it at that. 」

It was Dean Estoma, who was holding a bottle of sake.

「Affirmative!」

「Now that we’ve cleared things out, you can stay quiet.」

「Sir, sorry sir!」

What happened to the intense bloodlust earlier?

Lady Eiha gave a beautiful salute and the purple electricity all over her body fizzled out.

Laura-san waved her hand to the dubious me and pointed at her rank insignia.

Ah….right, you are all soldiers to the bone.

None of you would dare disobey your superiors…..

Perhaps the thread of tension has finally broken or maybe I’ve experienced too many things in one day but, my head is fluffy.

I feel like my strength was drained from my stomach and my body feels wobbly.

Then, I was enveloped by something warm.

The sound of whistles rang out from everywhere.

I looked up and saw Laura-san holding me with a kind expression.

Suddenly, strength returned to my stomach.

Must protect.

I will protect this person, this city.

I don’t care if someone else is unhappy because of what I’ve decided.

I will never, ever, ever send anyone I care about to war again.

The murmur around turns into a teasing cheer.

My resolve melted into a warm kiss.