Chapter 300: Waking up

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“Nn………n…?”

“Nii-sama!”

“Sophie…?”

When I came to my senses, it was already light outside. And when I looked to the side, I saw Sophie with teary eyes…no, she was crying.

“Yes! It’s me, my Nii-sama! Do you understand?”

“I know exactly what you mean, except for the “my” part.”

“Is there anything wrong with your body?”

“No, I don’t have any problems at the moment.”

There is no pain at all. Sophie worries too much about me. I got up with my hands on the bed.

“Huh? My left arm?”

Come to think of it, my left arm should have been erased during the lightning storm. I could use it naturally as usual, so I didn’t feel any discomfort, but my left arm is growing back. As expected, the obliterated arm cannot be cured even with an elixir.
“I used a high elixir.”

“Oh, I see…thank you.”

Since I gave out all the elixir to Carina, I must have given out the high elixir at that time as well. Still, I only have one bottle of high elixir, and now it’s gone.

“Speaking of which, where are Elira, Shana, and Carina?”

“Elira is back home because she was called by the queen. The other two are hunting monsters for food.”

“Back home?….. Oh! Shana and Carina are alone in the deep forest. Where am I?”

Right now, I’m probably on a bed in a room in a house made of clay magic. The view from the window in the room was not of the deep forest no matter how I looked at it.

“We left the deep forest while you were sleeping.”

“Oh, I see.”

She said we left the forest for safety, because in the forest she was too busy watching for monsters to rest.

“But it must have been hard to get so many things in order in one night.”

Looking around the room, I could see that the furniture and other furnishings had been made. The view from the window was clear and unobstructed. This made it easy to keep an eye on the area. It would have been difficult to find such a good location in the dark.

“It wasn’t just one night, it was five days. It wasn’t that hard.”

“Five days?”

“Yes.”

“And… how long was I asleep?”

“Five days.”

“Ah…Seriously.”

No wonder Sophie was quite worried. Anyone would be worried if I slept for five days despite using the high elixir. Was I  sleeping that much…?

“I’ll go make you something good for your digestion.”

“Thank you.”

Sophie said, put down her water and walked out of the room; hearing that I’d been asleep for five days made me kind of hungry.

After hearing that I had slept for five days, I felt hungry.

“Zero-kun! You were ripped to shreds by just one blow, but you’re okay!”

“Sorry, I guess I worried you.”

Yug, who was as venomous as ever, seemed to be worried about me. When Yug appeared, so did the other three.

“Zero, you look surprisingly well.”

“Well, a high elixir was used on me.”

“It’s disrespectful to a siscon to make your sister worry. If you’ve surpassed Siscon, comrade, don’t make your sister cry. The only tears you should see in your sister’s eyes are tears of joy.”

“Oh…I’ll be careful.”

I feel pretty bad that I made her worry so much that she started crying, but I don’t have any kind of siscon pride…

“Like I said before, what the hell is with that lousy fighting style!”

“Ugh!”

I was suddenly yelled at by Darki, who was in the state of a nine-tailed fox. When I turned toward her, she took on human form.

“You’re not fighting the right way! It was good when there were still three demons. But you’re not there yet. That Emperor Lich? That fight with the demon tribe was a disaster! If this were a test, it would be make-up level right now before it’s graded! Do you know how many times I’ve felt like saying something?”

You can’t talk to me while I’m in beastification mode. So I guess she couldn’t say anything and her complaints just piled up.

“Then you should have told me when I deactivated it…”

“What could I say in that situation? You were too focused on it to listen to me even if I had told you at the time!”

“I’m sorry. ……”

The time she mentioned was before I released the divine thunderbolt. It is true that it was too late to say anything at that time.

“Why do you think you were about to lose to that idiot who doesn’t really understand his own strengths and weaknesses and wants to use a sword like that! If he tried to escape, you can use my power to build a wall behind his, even for a moment. If it was you, Zeros, it would have been easy for you to get close to him even with that momentary gap!”

“Yes…”

“And you only use the skills that you like to use! You should use other magic skills! You didn’t even use Lightning magic! It’s true that the power alone may not be as strong as spirit magic, but if you try to use it, you’ll have more options and you’ll have more things to think about! What’s parallel thinking for!”

“I’m sorry…”

She was so mad at me. From Darki’s point of view, I was in a situation where I was being shown how poorly I fight all the time while using her own power…. On top of that, I was about to lose, so she had a lot to complain about…

“And then!”

“Well, it’s not the first time Zero-kun’s been in a bad situation. He’s weak right now, so you’ll have to wait until another time.”

“…… That’s right. You didn’t take into consideration the fact that he’s not feeling well too.”

Yug stopped Darki while inflicting psychological damage on me.

“I’m not going to let you turn into a beast until you have a passing grade in my mind on how to fight. I will always give you advice.”

“Ha haa…thank you…….”

Will I be criticized during battle in the same tone as she’s doing now? No, indeed, she’ll say it more shortly and plainly during the battle. But when that battle is over….. yeah, let’s not think about this.

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