Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 11: The Two Sacred Relics
The time I can stay transformed using “Avatar Release” is limited. Drawing out the power of the Sacred Relic requires an immense amount of magic—but.
Thanks to the training Master Muraku taught me, to prevent the dissipation of magic, the amount of magic consumed is suppressed.
Looking at my palms again, I can see that they are not the hands of a ten-year-old girl, but rather that it does indeed resemble Master Muraku.
“That black hair, and foreign attire… Did someone use some kind of sorcery on you?”
“You think it’s sorcery because ‘you’… no. it’s because you don’t understand the Sacred Relics.”
“…What did you just say?”
Knowing that those words would ignite the fuse, I covered my mouth with the sleeve of my kimono and said with a laugh.
“It wasn’t your own strength that allowed you to defeat Reis-san. It was a temporary power granted by the Sacred Relic.”
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“—You lowly human! What did you say to me?!”
A slashing attack while charging. Hypnos is a one-handed sword, a type of curved sword with a bent blade. It’s light in weight, yet possesses the strength of a Sacred Relic—it’s not a bad match for a strong swordsman.
But that’s all it is. The sword strikes filled with bloodlust were easy to read and could be avoided without even using the wooden sword. The whistling sound that was emitted every time Hypnos missed was due to its shape.
“W-why… won’t it hit… Don’t mess with me! I’m…!”
“I know how you feel, it’s exactly how I felt chasing after master. No matter how recklessly I swung my sword, I could never hit him in a lifetime.”
“—Shut up!”
What he throws out after raising his sword is a magic sword—a single slashing blow imbued with the properties of fire.
“—That’s a bad move too.”
“Whoa… oh… ah…!!”
Seeing me move to block it with my wooden sword, Zephen laughed—however.
The sword he swung down once again cut through a mass of water. He hadn’t taken caution against a technique he had seen before, and that proved to be fatal.
I circled behind Zephen and placed the wooden sword against his neck. From here, with a simple horizontal movement, the water blade would sever his neck—But.
“Heh… heh heh… Hahahaha!!”
A roar of laughter echoed. He wasn’t in despair—this was a man confident of his victory.
“You heard the tune of this sword… The ridiculous farce ends here…!”
The reason Reis-san was defeated by Zephen was probably because he was caught off guard, not knowing the power of the Sacred Relic.
Hypnos creates a sound when slashing, and through that, hypnotizes the enemy. It was said to be a useful Sacred Relic because of its combined attack and special effects.
But—if you know the trick, this little magic show is meaningless.
“First, I’ll kill you… You’ll pay for insulting me, in hell—”
Seemingly convinced that the spell was working because I moved the wooden sword away, Zephen turned around with force.
But that was just a lure. I was just ‘pretending the spell was working’.
Getting water in your ears isn’t comfortable, but water imbued with magic can block the sound—the countermeasure for Hypnos is simply to use earplugs.
“—Haaaaaaaaah!”
Rushing towards Zephen, who was lunging at me with a demonic look, I unleashed a full-force horizontal sweep as I ran past him.
“Whoa… oh, oh…?”
Even after being slashed, Zephen still didn’t understand what was happening to him and let out a panicked cry – and then…
“…Gh… U-Unbelievable… Too strong… Aaaaaaaah!!”
Zephen’s armor, as if only just realizing it had been cut—shattered with a crackling sound, and Zephen recoiled and fell to his knees.
“Let go of the Sacred Relic and never seek it again. If you appear before us again, unrepentant, I will take your head.”
Zephen’s eyes were rolled back, and he didn’t hear what I was saying —but.
When he released his grip on Hypnos, a moon-like crest appeared on the back of my hand, emitted a faint light, and then disappeared—this meant that the ownership of Hypnos had transferred to me.
“—I know who you guys are! Take this lawless bastard and leave!”
I knew there were some of Zephen’s subordinates who had regained consciousness. They crawled away, dragging Zephen with them to escape—at that point, I gave them one more push.
I formed seal with one hand and used magic. I used a spell to make it rain all around. It was to extinguish the fire in the watchtower, but it also served as a threat to Zephen’s men.
“M-Monster… I never heard there was such a monster who could use both swords and magic…!”
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“Damn it, in a place like this…!”
The guards who were having trouble extinguishing the fire began to chase the Imperial soldiers trying to escape. Before they could spot me, I lifted up the collapsed Reis-san and took off running.
“…Thank you. Because you let me out, I…”
Reis-san is unconscious, but fortunately, his breathing was stable. I wanted to ask for medical treatment, but if I returned to my original form, it would be difficult to hide my identity—so I have to find another way.
(I have no choice but to go to the person Reis-san had told me to rely on. It’s too far to run like this… Hmm?)
Up ahead, there was a horse that the Imperial soldiers had been riding—and sitting on its head was Riku.
“Squeak.”
“When did you… But, you’ve saved me…!”
Maybe they can communicate with each other as animals. Even when we rode, the horse didn’t act up at all and listened to what I said.
Holding Reis-san and gripping the reins, I rode the horse along following the map he had drawn for me—our destination was the neutral zone on the other side of the forest.