I can move pretty well. I was worried since it's been a while since I've been in my main body, but it looks like there are no problems.
"Oops, Call Seraria."
She saw that scene, so I better explain things properly to her.
...
...
...
...?
Huh? Is she busy? Then Eris will do.
"Call Eris."
『Yuki-san!! Are you okay?! Don't worry, everyone is heading your way right now!! We'll execute that idiot princess immediately!!』
Wait, what?
This is getting serious, isn't it?
『We'll put that Hero to the sword right away too!! Please don't die!!』
"Wait, stop!! Can you hear me?! Are you listening?! Regarding the princess, treat it as a performance! The fight with the Hero was just an act, okay?! Listen to me, this will become an international incident!!"
Wait, what did I do wrong?
No matter how you look at it, me being blown away should have looked like a total act, right?
"Call Labyris!! Pick up! I have a bad feeling about this... Answer me, Labyris!!"
『Yuki, are you okay?! Hang on, I'll take this woman's head and be right there!!』
『Nii-sama!! Are you okay!?』
『Onii-chan!! hic, sob... No! I don't want Onii-chan to be gone!!』
『Onii-sama... hic... wahhh!!』
『Onii, Onii... where are you... hic...』
"Calm down! There are reasons for this, so just pretend that whole thing with the princess was a show!! A performance!! It'll be bad if we thrash them right now!!"
『Y-You insolent fools!! Do you think you can get away with doing this to the Princess of Rankus, who conquered three nations in the blink of an eye?! Enough!! Royal Guard, what are you doing?! Dispose of those monsters and cut down this brat at once!!』
Uwaaaa...
The princess is faning the flames?!
『Steve!! Take their heads immediate—』
"—Don't show blood during a festival! Calm down, please. Just calm down!!"
『But, but!! They hurt Yuki!!』
"I'm fine!! I'll do whatever you want, just listen!!"
『...Anything?』
...Huh?
Did I just step on a landmine?
"Y-Yeah!! Anything!! Just please, treat the princess and her group as part of the act and just restrain them!!"
『...Fine. Inhale... Now then, ladies and gentlemen, did you enjoy that? That was the defense force and monster power of our dungeon!! We brought this to you today with the cooperation of the famously powerful Kingdom of Rankus...』
Yes!!
As expected of Labyris.
She's not just rifling through my memories; she's quick on her feet. If she says that, the princess is already pinned down and will have no choice but to say it was an act to save face.
"Err, are you okay?"
The hero has arrived.
"Yeah, I'm not so weak that something like that would take me down."
"Tch, I wanted that kind of cheat too."
"Hard to say. Apparently, even with this, people connected to me have their memories erased... or rather, it's like I never existed."
"Wha!? Seriously!? Then going back would be meaningless!?"
"Well, I wasn't summoned as a Hero, so it should be different for you."
"Yeah, I'm Kazuya Torino. Are you actually about that age, judging by your appearance?"
"What do you mean? Don't tell me... Torino-san, you're..."
"Yeah, I'm 25. Formerly."
"Seriously? Man... this world is insane."
We both gave wry smiles.
Then I spotted Seraria and the others heading this way.
"Ah, crap! Taiki-kun, defend yourself!!"
"Eh?"
"Don't 'eh' me!! You technically laid a hand on the representative of this dungeon. Hold them off! If you don't, you're dead!!"
"No waaay!?"
"Ah, by the way, if you hurt my wives, I'll kill you myself!"
"Wait!! 'Wives'?! Y-You have a harem!?"
"Good, if you have the energy for that, you'll be fine. Just hold out until I can talk them down!!"
I'm primarily a magic user; as long as I keep the defensive barriers up, they'll give up eventually. I told Taiki-kun to hold out, but the wives won't be able to break through these barriers, so it's fine...
"YUKIIIIIIIIIII!!!!"
Derieu, leading the charge, blew through five layers of the barrier in a single strike.
"YUKI-SAAAAAAAN!!!"
Milly fluidly shattered two layers with her twin swords, leaving cracks in the next one.
"...Wait for me, I'll save you!!"
Kaya coordinated with magic I taught her, using her staff techniques to smash through three more layers.
"I'm coming for you!! Heroooooo!! Don't think for a second you're getting a painless death!!"
"Eeek!?"
Riel used her short sword to easily slice through four layers.
Yeah, I won't blame Taiki-kun for screaming... Even I'm scared...
"Yuki-san!! To be beaten so badly!! I won't forgive him!! AHHHHHHH!!"
Tori broke through six layers with her sword, piercing the last of the barriers.
Wait, what!?
These are super-barriers with twenty layers that I've been improving!! How are the girls—who couldn't break through them before—shattering them now!?
"GET AWAY FROM ONII-SAN, YOU SCUMBAGGGGG!!"
Ratz infused a spear with mana and threw it. Aimed straight at Taiki-kun.
"WAIT A MINUTEEEEE!!"
As expected of a Hero.
He managed to block a throw from a Level 232 Ratz. Even with a level gap of over 100, a Hero is still a Hero!!
"I'm not dying hereeee!!"
Yeah, I can feel the desperation in his voice.
Dying like this would be a total tragedy. He managed to deflect the spear's trajectory. Impressive.
I was about to applaud, but...
"Die—"
Seraria appeared silently, already in a drawing stance.
"Eh?"
Taiki-kun was frozen after parrying the spear. He couldn't even react to Seraria.
Her honed draw-slash technique was closing in on his neck.
"—You bastaaaard!!"
Ah, crap...!
I lunged forward, using the sword techniques I'd been practicing to catch and suppress Seraria's blade.
Sure, magic is my main focus. But that doesn't mean I can't handle close quarters.
"""Eh!?"""
The wives all stopped.
They were stunned by my display of melee combat.
I'd never shown them my full close-combat ability before. The sparring I'd done in the past was always adjusted to my opponent's level.
Sigh, why is it that my trump card always gets revealed to my family first? Usually, you're supposed to reveal this coolly during a desperate boss battle, right? I guess I have to think of another secret move now.
"E-Eh? You use the same type of sword too? Oh, no. If you'd told me, I would have taught you. Honestly!"
Seraria grabbed my hand along with the sword, comparing it to hers with a delighted look.
...My secret trump card was used just to protect the Hero.
Well, whatever. At least now we can talk...
"...So? Do you have anything to say for yourself, Dear?"
"Oh, Rurua's here too? ...Why do you look so angry?"
"WHY DID YOU GO OUT IN YOUR REAL BODY?!"
"I AM VERY SORRYYYYYYYYYYY!!"
Thanks to Rurua's scream, I finally understood what the biggest problem was.
But hey, even if Aslin's body was a fake, when you see that happen, any guy would jump in, right?
