96 Episode 95 ~ Finally ~ Looking at the rear lagoon.txt






No sound came from the whistle that the demon race boy, Aurum Trace, breathed into the air.
Still, Amelia-sama told Akira-sama to run away again.
I tried to flee according to his words, but I found my feet wouldn't move.
No matter how many wards I put up, my body was too strong to move, probably because I was exposed to the magic power of the demon race for a long time.
I see, I was impressed, even though it was out of place, by the state of mind of a frog that had been stared at by a snake.


''The demon race is a race that controls and uses demons. Except for the demons that are already being used, they will be my hands and feet.


Demons poured out of the walls of the labyrinth, the walls of the labyrinth.
They didn't number in the tens or hundreds.
It's probably a large army of demons in the thousands.


This is my first time diving into a labyrinth, but I had heard a lot about it.
There are many traps inside the labyrinth, and there are even some that are seriously trying to kill you.
It's like this, crushing them in numbers.

Maybe it was because I had heard such stories, maybe it was because I wasn't in direct confrontation with the demon race, or maybe it was because of Amelia-sama's advice, but I was the first one to get out of my rigidity.


''Strengthen the 'divine Warding'!


For now, I will try to do what I can do, strengthen the wards.
Perhaps because I was far away from Akira-sama and the others, I was separated from Akira-sama and the others by a large number of demonic demons.

The demons with ugly faces come up to me.
My face involuntarily twitched.


''Yay! Please don't come!


I tried to fight back with my dagger out, but my opponents were demons wandering the lowest levels of the labyrinth.
Even the daggers that had been forged by the castle's knights by forcing them to do so didn't hurt a single one.

Akira-sama would surely find it easier to do this alone.
Amelia-sama has Yol-sama with her, so she'll be fine.
Apparently, demons that aren't already used can't be used, so Yol-sama will protect Amelia-sama.

In other words, I'm the easiest piece to drop and yet the easiest piece to float.
A few of the powerful ones would distract Akira-sama and Yol-sama, while the others would hold my breath.
The demons that would normally attack the humans in front of me in a wild rush, can they act so intelligently when led by a demon race?


''Mahiro said that if you have a defender, you'll be in trouble later on, so - we'll crush you first, right?


Before he knew it, Aulum Trace, who had come close, was smiling innocently on the demon.

Because he felt the enormous magical power of the demon race at close range, his body was trembling and his limbs were not strong enough. ,.
The dagger slipped from my hand.
The sound of the dagger falling echoes, followed by my body sinking to the ground of the labyrinth.
My eyes barely move, but I can only watch my death approaching.

A great pinch of absolute certainty.
Is this a punishment for me for wanting to advise Amelia-sama, for having come to this place without much ability?

Like a runner-up, memories that seemed to have been forgotten until now flowed through my head.
It's as if he's telling me, having realized death, not to forget.

I was.
Even if it was a punishment, even if we all thought there was no point in living .......


Even if it was ...... so, I wasn't going to die here.


As soon as the words left his mouth, the sensations returned to his body.
A little bit, I guess I got used to his magic.
I raise my own upper body with my trembling arms.

When I looked around, I saw that my precious staff, which I never let go of for a moment, even when I wasn't using magic, had fallen beside me.
It was my partner who was always with me when I was on top of Yol-sama running that fast, when Akira-sama strangled me, and the moment ...... my family died.
I take that wand in my hand.
I stood up, using the cane as a substitute for my legs, which were still not strong enough.


'Hmm? Are you still standing up? It would have been so much easier to die in my sleep.


Indeed, death is a kind of salvation.
It frees you from the bonds of this life.


Still, I can't die until I see that person ...... No, I can't die until this feeling is understood.


I envied Amelia-sama, who was being thought of so much by Akira-sama, but at the same time, I also regretted it a bit.

Did I communicate my intentions when I left that man?
Could I have been so desperate?
Could I have done anything for her?

When I think about it, all I ever did was ask for help, and I almost never acted on my own.
The only time I ever did anything for him was when I was adopted by a royal family.

But I changed my mind when I saw Akira-sama.
It's not enough to envy her, it's not enough to look at her.
I have to take action.
It was a thought I was going to erase, but seeing Akira-sama and Amelia-sama made me realize how foolish it was.
I was just using that person as a reason to run away.


'I won't run away anymore. I will not be swept away. I won't ...... bend my words anymore.


The huge magical stone on the staff was tinged with blue light.
This staff was made by that man himself.
The magic stone is the magic stone of the demon he defeated.
With this staff, I am not afraid of anything.


''I will definitely go to see that man.


I want to heal that person, just like you healed me when I was trapped in revenge.

As if in response to my thoughts, the magic stone glowed more than ever before.


''God's Reversal Wards.''


The magic stone shines even brighter, followed by my body, which also begins to glow.
Judging from their upsetting voices, Akira-sama, Yol-sama and Amelia-sama would be in a similar state.

This magic is a new ward I created based on the information from the books I gathered in the royal castle.
It was feasible in theory, but something was critically missing, and I never succeeded at that time.
But apparently, what was missing was my feelings.
Finally, I succeeded.


'That's a move that no previous guardian has ever done. Hmm, I wonder if Mahiro didn't like this? From the looks of it, I don't think it's changed that much: ...... Well, you'll find out when you attack it!


Aurum Trace gave an order to all the demons nearby.


'Kill them.'


All at once, fangs, claws, and magic come at me.
I opened my eyes firmly.
I didn't want to miss anything.
It wasn't that my fear meter had swung over and I was desperate.
It was because I no longer had any reason to be afraid.


'What?!'


It all went away in an instant.
I see Akira-sama and Yol-sama in the same light as me in my open vision.
Perhaps Amelia-sama is behind Yol-sama.

Gradually, the light subsided, and Aulum Trace's stunned face was very impressive.