Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 187: Confrontation
“Mi!”
“Oh no you don’t!”
As I was thinking about how to attack the cicada, it suddenly flew away. I hurriedly prepared my magic and released it. By the way, the magic I released was the well-known Thunder Burst. However, it was more than twice as powerful than before because it had changed to thunderbolt magic. It consumed a lot of magic power…
“Mi……”
The cicada got hit by the magic and fell. However, there was no sign of any particular damage, just a little smoke coming out of its body. I guess this is like it was startled by the magic and came down without flying. Perhaps it acquired its magic defense from the Emperor Moth…?
“Ha!”
While on the ground, I must slash off its wings like with the Emperor Moth to make it unable to fly. If magic doesn’t work, I’ll have to use swords to make it unable to fly. I slashed at the cicada with two swords.
“Meeeee!!!!!”
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“Gaha…”
But that shockwave was released. This time, there was no monster to shield me, so I was hit directly.
“Ugh!”
Then I was blown away and hit the spirit tree and stopped. Oh shit…the spirit tree was dented.
“Hey! Are you okay?”
“I’m fine…..”
I said this to Elira, trying to be strong, but honestly, I can’t say I’m okay. As soon as I could, I increased the output of the Raiden armour as much as I could. And then, I put it on my sword as well and used my sword as a shield to protect myself. Even so, the next shockwave seemed to shake my internal organs. Not sure, but I feel it was stronger than the shockwave earlier. In addition, I think the bones in my arms are broken. But the injury was not so bad that I needed an elixir, so I drank a HP potion. If it’s just a broken bone, this will heal it.
“Zero-niisama!”
Sophie rushed over to me.
“Sophie, what should we do to take down that cicada…”
“Come on, let’s run away together.”
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“What, huh?”
If only we could do something about that shockwave… I tried to ask Sophie about her strategy, but I got a response I had not expected.
“Our opponent was Emperor Moth. Now that it has been killed, our role is over.”
“Hey…”
“That thing is definitely stronger than the Emperor Moth. And since it has absorbed its abilities, it’s completely upward compatible with the Emperor Moth. There’s no need to force ourselves to deal with such an opponent.”
“…there’s a chance that spirit magic won’t work on that cicada, you know?”
It also likely took away the Emperor Moth’s spirit magic disabling properties.
“So what?”
“…You think the elves will win if we run?”
I didn’t realize it, but I wanted to believe that there were some conditions that would be disadvantageous because of our presence. I wanted her to say that the elves alone could win. I wanted her to say that we would escape so that they could win.
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“I don’t know if we can win.”
“Sophie!”
I threw the two swords to the ground and grabbed Sophie by the shoulders.
“I didn’t say anything wrong. Running away from a monster when your life is in danger…that’s a normal thing to do. I didn’t say anything wrong, did I?”
“Maybe it’s not wrong…maybe it is! But it’s definitely not the right answer either!”
As an adventurer, that answer may not be wrong. But it is wrong in this situation.
“I…even I know this isn’t the best answer! But I don’t care what happens to the elves if it means my brother might die!”
“Elves…?”
“That’s right! I don’t care how many elves who see you as nothing more than a vessel for the spirit king die…”
Pa!
“Eh?”
“I can still forgive you for saying you’d rather an elf die than me. That’s a personal viewpoint. But to say you don’t care how many elves die is unforgivable, even for Sophie.”
I slapped Sophie to cut her off. Of course, I went easy on her because she was using enchantments and thunder armor. But Sophie’s cheeks were red.
“You don’t know, do you? You were saved, protected and trained only because you made a contract with the Spirit King, right? If you didn’t have a contract…”
“I know that.”
“Eh…?”
Even before I evolved, I had the skill of mind-reading from the title “heart to heart,” so I know that kind of thing. I understand it.
“ Yug and Zeal are part of me. They just bought my ability and took care of me. That’s all.”
In this world, it’s common everywhere to be bought and raised for power. I’m just one example.
“But…!”
“I don’t know what kind of thoughts were in the back of her mind to save me from dying, bring me to the village, train me and save me again from the demon tribe’s attack. But I think I should at least repay her for her help. There’s no way I would run away from the opportunity to return the favor just for the sake of self-preservation.”
“a, ah…”
Sophie slowly sat down on her knees with tears in her eyes.
“Elira, Emily, Tiya and Judy, I don’t think I can do this on my own, so will you help me get rid of the cicada?”
“If you tell me to run away, I’ll help you on my own.”
“Please let me help you!”
“Tiya will take care of it.”
“We’ll definitely take it down!”
With that said, the four of them headed toward the cicada, which began to try to fly. The cicada was walking while I was talking to Sophie, but it didn’t fly or attack. After the first shockwave, it didn’t move, just eating the Emperor Moth. Even though it would have been safer to carry it to a safe place and then eat it or grab it and eat it in the air. Is there any recoil after the shockwave?
“…Sophie, I’d fight with you too if I could.”
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“………”
I approached Sophie, but there was no change at all from her seated and prone position.
“Even if we can’t fight together, I want you to take shelter in a safe place.”
With that said, I picked up my sword too and then headed toward the cicada where the four of them were.
“…niisan rejected me…then I’m already…..”