CH 68

TN: I mistakenly posted chapter 66 as chapter 67 and then renamed it to chapter 66 but the novelupdates bot didn’t change it. And now chapter 67 is not showing. What should I do?

That’s why you got in trouble with Licht.

「I think either choice is right. What do you think?」

Sophie looked at me with a caring look. She would have pushed aside her true intention, 「I want you to help Rosa」 and she told me not to burden me.

I’m willing to take that feeling into account and choose to help her.

It was Licht who stole Colette and who decided to expel me from the party. Rosa was only sarcastic.

I guess she didn’t think it was a good idea to do something behind my back because of my competitive nature.

She had the worst taste in men, but she was also straightforward and single-minded, so she wasn’t someone I actively wished to die.

「That’s right …….」

However, I can’t make a quick decision.

If the other party was someone like Helmine, I would go to help unconditionally. However, the opponent is Rosa.

It’s not the same to help without calculating.

You need a reason. If you don’t have a reason, you shouldn’t help her. If I helped her without compensation, I would be forgiving her for what she has done to me without any apology from Rosa.

That’s a line I can’t compromise, even if people say it’s a crooked idea.

「What’s the matter? We’re running out of time.」

Zelma’s voice brought me back to my senses.

I looked at Rosa and saw that she had been captured by goblins and was being dragged away.

The scene resembled that of the female adventurer I had saved not long ago. Those were the same adventurers who had been my friends.

When I first became an adventurer, I had almost died like them. Luckily, I was saved by another adventurer at that time. ……

「Oh well, I’ve been owning her one.」

Rosa had helped me once during the time that Colette and I had been working together.

It was an old memory that I had forgotten for a long time, but there was no doubt about it.

『Enchant Sword』

『Haste』

I used enhancement magic to further knead the magic power in my body and improve my own physical abilities.

「Hō, that’s some unusual magic. I see, you’ve chosen to help.」

Urusai.(shut up) The Nobleman should just shut up and watch.

From here on, I’ll show you how I fight!

『Holy Breath』

I felt my physical abilities being further enhanced, on top of my enhancement magic.

I looked at Sophie and she was smiling.

「I’ll never let you die if you’re alive. I will heal you.」

「That’s reassuring.」

If it comes with the blessing of a former saint. I can’t afford to lose this one.

I put all my energy into my legs and jumped out like an arrow.

I cut off the arms of a smaller goblin of an unknown type that was holding and pulling Rosa’s arms, and then crushed its head. I also pierced the heart of a ［Goblin Berserker］ who was trying to strip off her clothes, and decapitated a ［Goblin Knight］ who was impersonating a Knight.

I fired an 『Energy Bolt』 at the Goblin Magician who was trying to use magic on me. It hits a magic barrier on the way, but I break it down and proceed to put a hole in its head.

The nearby goblins were annihilated.

「Well, it looks like you’re struggling.」

I pulled Rosa’s fallen hand and forced her to stand up. Her clothes seem to be torn in various places, but she doesn’t seem to be seriously injured.

You’re lucky that you’re a woman. If it had been a man, he would have been beaten to death.

「Why?」

「I could have left you here to die, but I remembered that you saved my life when I was just starting out.」

「Haah??! I don’t remember doing anything like that, okay? You came to help me because I owe you something I don’t even remember?」

「Yes.」

「You’re an idiot! Even if you were telling the truth, I’d usually just step over it!」

「So what? That’s my way of life. If you don’t like it, you can die on your own after I’m done paying you back.」

I’m aware of it even if you don’t tell me. I’ve been told many times that I need to be smarter and better at dealing with the world.

「That’s why you got into trouble with Licht.」

I know. I and Licht didn’t like each other’s personality and way of thinking, so he stole Colette and kicked me out, right?

He was the one who did such childish things. If I had followed him quietly, I might not have been separated from Colette.

But I couldn’t overlook Licht’s unmanned behavior.

「Well, you seem to have the energy to complain. Didn’t you need my help?」

「…… No, I didn’t. Thank you for your help. Are you going to fight with us?」

「Of course. I’ll protect you and you can hit those goblins with the big one.」

「As usual.」

「Yes, we’ll fight like we always do.」

It had been a while since I had seen Rosa’s happy smile.

I ran off alone to confront the goblins, who came on shouting at me, one after another.