Lucy!
　I jumped off the wall and hugged Lucy.
With the "Meikyomisui" skill, I made up my mind and wrapped my body in magic power just before it hit the ground.　

Ouch!
　I jumped down from a few meters above and crashed into the ground.
　I changed my magic power (mana) into a "fighting spirit (aura)" and managed to avoid serious injury.

The only thing that matters is that the mana is transformed into an aura, and I managed to avoid serious injury.　Are you okay!
Haha..........I made a mistake....... Why do griffons only go after me........
　For Lucy, who laughs weakly.
　A large gash on her side and arm, a large amount of blood flowing down her side.

'd*mn it!　Wait for me!
　He hurriedly sprinkles the recovery potion on Lucy.
'.....well....thing....behind...'
I saw a few demons (ogres) approaching with the "RPG Player" skill's viewpoint switch.

　--Magic Sword Technique, Water Dragon Claw

　I don't turn around and cut it off collectively.
　Yeah!　At this busy time!
　With this, the recharging (recharging) of the spirit's magic power has been halted.
　The bloodshed of Lucy, who has been doused with the recovery potion, stops.
　But the wound is not completely gone.
　I'll continue to use the recovery potion, but if it's not recovery magic any more........

'Takatsuki-kun!　Roo-chan, are you okay!
　As soon as Sa-san came down, he blew up all the demons that approached him.
The wound was deep, but the blood stopped for now!
　What do we do?
　The swarm of demons is getting denser and denser.
　They will eventually be crushed.

''This!　Stop coming!
　Mr. Saasan is doing his best to help me, but the demons are closing in on us from the direction Saasan isn't.
(Spirit magic ... is not going to make it.)
　My own magical powers are zero.
　But I can't just walk away from Lucy.
　And I grabbed the dagger.
　"With this, I shall have no choice but to fight.


　--Obey me, you lowly beasts!


　A bell-like voice, unbecoming of the battlefield, rang out.
　Suddenly, the demons began to fight each other!
　Standing between us and the demon is a beautiful dark-haired woman.
''Princess!　What the hell are you doing!
　Princess Sophia was supposed to be with her, but for some reason Freyae was there.

''Princess Sophia has finished guiding the residents and is in the process of setting up a shelter to receive the injured. I can't use recovery magic and I had a bad feeling about it, so I came over here.
Thank you for the help.
　I was supposed to be a guardian knight, but I was protected by the princess........
　Furiae-san is a user of fate magic who can see the future.
　Then her 'bad premonition' is probably correct.
　Thanks to Sa-san and Friare-san, the demon threat to me and Lucy has temporarily disappeared.
　All that was left to do was to go back to the top of the city walls at the right time.......I thought. At that moment.

Cut!

　A huge blade of fighting qi (aura) tore through dozens of demons.
　A thick bladed sword in one hand, a warrior in well-worn armor stood in front of the demon as if to protect us.

''True, Lucy, are you safe?''
Mr. Lucas!　Why did you come down there!
　But when you look, you see a series of adventurers who are good at melee combat with other swordsmen and martial artists descending on you.
"We can't last with just wizards. It's all hands on deck from here on out.
　Mr. Lucas shouts out to the others.

'Listen to me!　From now on, adventurers of Gold rank and above will take on the old dragon. Those below the Silver rank, guard the West Gate with your soldiers!　Wizard!　Cover them as soon as their magic is restored.　Wounded men, get back inside the city walls at once!　We've got enough loopholes for people to get through!
Old dragon can you win?


　--Ancient Dragons (Ancient Dragons).


　A dragon species that lives for more than a thousand years is called so.
　The strongest living creatures on earth are called dragons, but there are not many individuals who live for a thousand years.
　Hence, the "Ancient Dragon" is a special kind of dragon species.
　It is said that ordinary adventurers are lucky if they meet one in their lives.
　It's a lifelong source of bragging rights.
　Of course, it's a condition of survival........


''For once, it might be a tough one........''
　Mr. Lucas's brow is deeply creased.
'Ruh, Mr Lucas?'
　I'm surprised at his weak statements.
　You always said that you survived any demon you fought.
　You were telling me stories of your heroics in the tavern!

''When I was young, I fought an ancient dragon once in the depths of the Great Labyrinth. That time, it was a joint party of over ten Mithril and Platinum ranks and more than half of them died. We were just lucky to survive. True, you're a brave man. Think about surviving first.
No, no, but...
　Without waiting for my rebuttal, Lucas-san gave instructions to the other adventurers.
　Soon after, an impromptu party to defeat the old dragon was formed.

''Takatsuki-sama. Please take care of your husband-sama.
Nina...?
　The next thing you know, Nina is nearby.
　No, more importantly, what did you say?

''I am a gold-ranked adventurer. I'll be joining the team to defeat the old dragon.
'Wait!　Nina, you're Fujiyan's wife!
　There's a wedding coming up!
''But if we don't defeat the old dragon here, McAllen is finished. Master and Chris will all die.
　Nina smiled, and she had her usual Nina smile.


　The veteran adventurers of McAllen are going.
　They tease me about my weakness, even though I'm an otherworldly person.
　They gave me two strange names.
　Everyone who spends their days feasting on trivial matters.

No....
　This 'route' is no good.
　It's a bad ending.

　The veteran party, led by Lucas-san, rushed into the large forest.
　As expected, they didn't face the group runaway (stampede) from the front.
　They would head to the old dragon while hiding in the trees and avoiding the group of demons.

(But if we reach the old dragon...)
　It will be a fierce battle.
　That old dragon is probably controlling the demons.
　Powerful demons will gather under the old dragon, and Lucas, Nina and the others will be attacked by not only the old dragon, but also a swarm of demons.
　If that happens, they won't stand a chance.　
　........maybe they will all die.

　But even so, Lucas-san, who is known as the 'dragon hunter', might be able to bring the two sides together.
　That was Lucas-san's strategy.
　No, it wasn't a strategy.
　It was a suicide attack.

　I look around.
　The corpses of demons scorched by dust and fire magic.
　Very few water spirits, preferring stillness and peace.
　My magic is useless.
　Useless brave.
　d*mn it!


　--The end (game over).


　Such a word comes to mind.　
　A feeling of desperation slowly seeps into my mind.

"XXXXXXXX (Undine)!
　In spirit language, I scream!
　Come on out of there, for God's sake!
　........Still, the great spirit of water does not appear.

　Sa-san is fighting back against the rock giants with his mallet.
　Furiae is struggling to charm the swiftly moving great wolf pack well.
　Other silver-ranked adventurers are managing to get by with their backs to the city walls....

(Maybe not for long...)
　What I can do.
　I have no magic.
　There are no water spirits.
If it weren't for the Clear Water feature, I'd be scratching my head off.
　I can only support Lucy as she lies there.

　........Is there any other choice?
　As if in response to it.

　A letter floated in the air.


"Who do you synchronize with?

　Furiae
　Lucy.


(............eh?　(RPG player skills....)

　A choice emerged in front of me.
　Familiar letters.
　But it wasn't the usual 'yes/no' answer choice.
　It's as if the skill suggests it.
　But there's no time for confusion.
　Choose.

But which one?

　Mr. Furiae and synchronized?
　If so, what would you be able to use, charm magic?
　It's useful to make demons fight each other with charm magic, but I don't think I can handle it that well.
　In the first place, the moon attribute is 'night' to show its power.
　It's not now.
　Then.........

'Lucy, let me use synchronization (synchronization). Sorry, I'm hurt...
'No it's fine. But I might get burned like before...
You'll be fine.

　According to Noah-sama's words.
　Me and Lucy are more in tune with each other than before due to the 'Love Contract'.
　So it should be okay.........

''Hey, tuning in means that's a thing, right?
?
　Lucy giggles and puts her uninjured hand around the back of my head.
'Lucy, if you move too hard...'
　I was about to say that it sounded injurious.......but I couldn't say it.
'See..........'
　He kissed me.

　At that moment, my eyes turn bright red in front of me.
　A bright red light is flooding the air.
　When was it, like when the old man of the giant god gave me my first look at a spirit.
　No, it was even more than that time.
　As far as the eye can see, it's overflowing with fire spirits.
　What.........what.......is this!

(No, wait. Remember ... I think.


　--The Fire Spirit loves fires and festivals.　
　　　　　　　　(Source: "The First Spiritual Language


　Is the fire spirit an Edo man?
　I just thought at the time that there was a dangerous spirit....
　I'd forgotten that the fire spirits had nothing to do with me anyway.

　All around me, I was in the middle of a war (donkey fight) between demons and McAllen adventurers & soldiers.
　To the fire spirits, it might as well be a fight.

''Heat!　--XXXXX (hey, get away from me).
　Nearby, the fire spirit is hot!
　In a hurry, in spirit language, I pay attention.
　
　Lucy, your demon blood has nothing to do with it.

...really?
　Lucy stops kissing me and looks up at me with a strange look on her face.
　The fire spirit - doesn't disappear.
''XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Fire Spirit, lend me your strength).
""XXX!"
　That was a powerful response!
　I can do it.

"Takatsuki-kun, what are you doing when Fu-chan and I are fighting so hard~?
'My knight!　And don't go too far with the color blur!
　Oh, shit.
　I was seen in sync (kissing) with Lucy.

'Sa-san!　From now on, I'm going to use a spirit spell with the power to blow up all demons!　Tell everyone to take shelter!
Oh, my God!　I get it!
　Pouting angrily, Sa-san took a deep breath and


'Guys!　Now, Takatsuki-kun is going to blow up all the demons, so run away!!!!


　He didn't use loudspeaker magic, but he shouted loudly enough to echo throughout the great forest.
　Quite a feat, Sa-san!
　All right, let's go!
　I hold Lucy's hand tighter.
　The magic I'm going to use.


　--Fire Magic, Fireball


　I'm a novice at fire magic.
　Unlike water magic, I haven't practiced it at all.
　So I'll be using elementary magic.

　But now that I have infinite magic power...

For the time being, it's the same number of times as the demon thing...

　--The magic, has gone into effect.


　Friae Naiya Rafiroig's point of view.　


What is this...
　I looked up at the sky, stunned.
　As far as I could see, fireballs filled the sky.
　Not only the demons, but even the adventurers looked dumbfounded.

''Quickly, get away from the city walls!　Call the roll call to make sure your people aren't missing out!
　The warrior (aya) is shouting at the top of her lungs.
　The adventurers run away in a hurry.

　The demon chases after them, but...
　A super-speed fireball struck the demon.
　The fireball, which had landed on the ground, raised a pillar of fire in a vertical direction.

　When I looked at the fireball, I saw that the fireball had set fire to the monsters chasing the escaping adventurers everywhere, not just in one place.
　It's a bullshit 'magic accuracy' and 'breadth of vision'.
　The one controlling it is.....

Hey, Sa-san. I think Nina and her friends entered the forest on the left side, right?
'Yeah, so I think the group of demons on the right should be allowed to attack.
Okay.
　The moment my knight said, hundreds of fireballs (fireballs) pierced the swarm of demons, and then hundreds of pillars of fire rose up.
　The screams of the sad demons go up.
　It must be a hellish situation for the demons that were there.
　But I even thought the cruel scenery was beautiful.
　The perfectly controlled magic is so beautiful.

　At that moment, a large shadow crossed the air.
''Takatsuki-kun!　The Green Dragon is here!
Geez, that guy again?
　I make a disgusted voice, my knight.
　As I recall, I heard that you struggled a lot last time.
　I heard that Ryosuke defeated him in the end, but.....

"Fire Magic: The Hundred Fire Arrows
　After those mumbled, mumbled words.
　The Green Dragon was pierced through its body by hundreds of fire arrows and crashed down.
　Eh?　That easy?

"Wow, Takatsuki-kun. It's done well!
　The warrior clapped his hands with a snap.
'Green dragons (green dragons) are so flammable!
　The wizard chuckled in dismay.
　There was no tension or anything.

'Brave man, Makoto!　The adventurers and soldiers are all evacuated!
Except for Mr. Lucas and the others who headed for the old dragon, they should be here.
　The adventurers are reporting to my knights.
　It looks like the retreat is complete.

Okay, then. Let's finish up.
　As he says this, my knight raises his dagger.

''Hee!''
　The one who screamed was an unknown face, but probably a wizard.

(Well, it makes me want to scream too...)
　I'm on the edge of a moon wizard, too.
　I look at the mass of magic power (mana) swirling around my knight and shudder.
　How can I stand unconcernedly in the midst of it all?

　Thousands of fireballs (fireballs) that still covered the sky in a dazzling manner.
　They also multiplied to about three times their number.　
　Even if there were 100 advanced wizards, I don't know if they would be able to imitate something like this.
　Moreover, there was 'only one' who was doing this.
　I'm not sure I'm going to be able to find out what's going on.


　--I'm not going to be able to get it right.


(There's no such magic!)
　They're improvising and doing it at random.
　Dodo dodo dodo dodo........
　Incessantly, fireballs (fireballs) continue to fall on the crowd of demons.
　Ah, the demons have finally escaped.
　As expected, it seems they can't stand it anymore.

(When the warrior and I were kissing the wizard behind the warrior-san and I were fighting, I thought about kicking him, but.......

　What a joke.
　Just like Kyosuke said....
"Takatsuki-kun will take care of it after all"?
　Is that called trust?
　The way Ryosuke talks about my knight is different from the way he trusts me.

　The Brave Man of Light -- Sakurai Ryosuke.
　The brave man of the water country--Takatsuki Makoto.
　The two are polar opposites.

　As a king-grade fate wizard, I can see the 'causal thread' with fate magic.
　The more influential a person is, the more threads of cause and effect are connected.
　The brave men of light are especially exceptional.
　You can see thousands of causal threads that are worthy of saving the world - influence.

　On the contrary, the hero of the Water Kingdom - my knight cannot see even a single thread of cause and effect.
　So at first I thought he was a weak being with no influence.
　But I was wrong.

　Takatsuki Makoto has great influence (and is loved) by warriors and wizards.
　And on top of that, she is even favored by the princess of Roses.
　And yet, I can't see anything.
　I can't see his future.

　He's someone I can't understand my power.
　I'm curious.
　Maybe he's hiding some incredible power.....
　That's why I asked him if he wanted to become my "guardian knight".
　I didn't think he'd be so easy to accept, though.

　However, in conclusion, I couldn't see anything even if I became my guardian knight.
　It's not that Takatsuki Makoto is hiding some kind of power, he's just a serious and brave man who loves to train.

　Fortunately, Takatsuki Makoto and his fellow children weren't bad people.
　They didn't discriminate against me, a cursed priestess, and they treated me.
　The city of water (McAllen) where I was brought to was also a nice place.
　My knight and Ryosuke get along well with each other.
　I felt at home here. I thought so.
　But--

　With the magic of fate, I could see a future in which this city of water (McAllen) would be destroyed.
　In the small countryside, there is a mass outbreak of demons (stampede) that cannot be prevented.
　But future vision is not absolute.
　I don't want to do nothing and wait for them to die out.
　That's why I came to the battlefield.

...but not this one.

　A swarm of demons on a scale that seemed hopeless.
　It is being driven away by a single apprentice wizard, screaming and fleeing.
　It's no longer the future I saw.


　........The mass stampede (stampede) of demons that had rushed to McAllen had disappeared.