Chapter 98 - The Raid Event

TL:SummerPeanut

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30 July 2030.

A few days have passed since the marine worms were defeated.

Since after the first day, only five marine worms have appeared on 27 July.

I’m not sure if they have all been killed or if they have moved elsewhere but there is now peace on the beach at San Marina.

The day after the marine worms were defeated, I started to fill in the holes in the beach with Earth magic.

I had let Karen and Misha know that I could use Earth magic but they looked at me in disbelief.

And yesterday I filled all the holes and the sea is open for the public today... But to be honest, I'm feeling troubled... It's a phenomenon that's happening right in front of my eyes right now.

“Hey. Where are you guys from? I know you must be lonely with just you girls so let's do something nice with us.”

I wonder what nth group is they now already? All the guys who come here pick up the girls, especially Clarice and Ellie.

Really, as far as I can see, all the bastard males here are here to pick up girls.

To be frank, Clarice and Ellie are wearing something quite provocative, like bikinis, whereas Karen and Misha are more reserved.

“We... actually, we're all engaged. We all have a fiancée."

The Reimei girls said the same words so many times I lost count of them already.

And each time, the guys refused to give up easily, saying things like, “Let's have an avant-garde date just for today” or “We can definitely entertain you better”.

I think that if Ellie and Karen told the guys about their origins, they would definitely back down but the Reimei girls don’t do that.

Rather, they seem to be waiting to be picked up.

And when there are guys who were too persistent in picking up on them, the Reimei girls come to me just as if they were waiting for me.

How many groups of men approached me already... This time it’s a group of four beastly, gorilla-like men.

“Yo bro, it's a waste of four guys for just one bro, isn't it? At least give us this blonde girl!? Right?"

By blonde girl, did he mean Ellie... You're a beastman but you don't even know about Ellie, the Golden Lion?

“No, I can't do that. They're all important women to me.”

I scruffily said this and the beastman grabbed me by the shoulders with his claws.

I'm only wearing trunks-type sea pants, by the way, so he can't grab me by the chest.

“If you are satisfied with grabbing me by the shoulders, then please go home. I don't want to antagonize the beastmen too much.”

After saying this, the beastmen...

“You're getting quite worked up just because you're working out a bit, brother!? Aahn!? Do you know how great and strong we beastmen are? Our Syrians Royal School has won the fighting tournament for years in a row, including this year! We're not built like you guys! Do you understand?”

Huh... something about these guys this time meshed the worst with me... I'm getting angry too...

“Are you referring to the Fighting Combat Tournament for new students? We, the Lister Imperial School, won both the martial arts and magic divisions this year, you know? And I believe I know even if you don't tell me that the human race and the beastmen's bodies are built differently?"

The girls are watching the conversation between me and the beastmen men with amusement.

Meanwhile, the rest of the pick-up artists are also paying attention to us.

The beastmen got offended by my words.

“You bastard! You're a fucking liar! I'll let you understand! The horror of the beastmen!"

Is it just me, or are there a lot of beastmen like this? I wonder if I just happen to be looking at a lot of strange people because the four beastmen attacked me altogether.

I could just let them beat me up like this, but as expected, my fiancées would be disillusioned by that.

I had no choice so I blew the four beastmen into the sea with Wind.

I thought this was the end of the matter, but Ellie...

“...they...can't swim...die...”

“Eh?! Why can’t they? Can't they at least doggy paddle?"

“...gorila race...can't swim...”

When I looked at the sea where I blew the beastmen, they were obviously drowning.

Huh, that's a pain in the ass... If you can't swim, why did you come to the sea... Hm? What does one normally go to the sea for? I don't know, I've never been to the sea in Japan...

I had no choice but to help the beastmen and they trying to stir up something again.

"I'm going to fly you to the sea again, okay?"

When I said that, the beastmen shut up.

And then, as if in pursuit, Ellie finally said.

“...Papa is Barnes Leo, former Duke of Syrians. I'm Ellie...and this silver-haired one over here is...the famous nut crusher...Clarice..."

When Ellie says this, the beastmen hold their crotches and look at Ellie and Clarice's faces, their faces turning blue.

Incidentally, Clarice and Ellie have already had a fight prior.

“Please, spare us from what Kuro experienced. We are but lowly first years of the Syrians Royal School! I won't do it again, just spare my...our sons...!"

The beastmen got down on their knees and apologized to us.

The people around us looked at them in surprise.

“That's enough. Please leave. Stop this persistent pickup attempt with us."

When I said this, the beastmen ran away at once.

The other pick-up artists who had seen the commotion also began to distance themselves from us.

“Sorry about this. Mars has been quite popular these days so we wanted you to know that we are a little favored as well. As expected, Clarice was the only one who was approached though.”

“Well, Mars has been the focus lately. I hope you're a little jealous?"

Karen and Misha sat down next to me.

“I tried not to let it bother me but it didn't work and I got jealous in the end.”

I said honestly, and Clarice and Ellie hugged me from behind.

“I'm sorry. I had a lot going on at school with Senior Ede so I wanted to annoy Mars a little bit.”

“...yeah...sorry...”

Clarice and Ellie also apologized. To mention a glasses senior at this point in time... could they be an esper…?

“Um... there's something I want to talk to you guys about later... alright?”

I said that and everyone nodded.

We spent the rest of the evening floating around, chasing each other, and killing time in the sea.

And now we're having a banquet at Marquis San Marina's mansion.

Ever since the first banquet, a banquet has been held every night.

It seems that the situation of not being able to open the sea in the town of San Marina was a matter of life and death for them.

That's why they called us every day and hold a banquet.

“Marquis San Marina, it looks like this city is safe now hence we are leaving tomorrow for the neighboring Mesalius territory.”

“Ooh. Thanks to your effort, the crisis in our San Marina territory has been solved. I sincerely thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you very much. Are you... aware of the situation there that is why you're going to Count Mesalius' territory?”

“Yes. I have heard about it but only vaguely.”

“Well...please do lend Count Mesalius’s territory out too.”

The Reimei girls who heard the conversation between me and the Marquis San Marina are looking at me anxiously.

I explained to the girls how it happened.

“Actually, a certain person... former baron Dames Barker informed me that the territory of Count Mesalius located next to Marquis San Marina, in other words, the territory of the household of senior glasses that we passed by to reach here, has been invaded by the Balkus Kingdom. I hope you can make your own assumption as to why I and Dames are in contact with each other. There have always been skirmishes before but this time it seems to be on a slightly larger scale. I don't know if the nomination quest for Red Lotus is related to that but I'm planning to help if there's anything I can do. Can I ask everyone to go along with me?"

Then everyone said yes but Karen said.

“Is Mars okay with fighting the people from the Balkus Kingdom?”

She asked. I answered honestly.

“To my shame, I'm not at all okay with it... but I'm going to see if I can do something about this. Besides, this is not a completely personal matter.”

Karen seemed satisfied with my answer.

We enjoyed our last banquet in San Marina and prepared for tomorrow.

1 August 2030.

We departed from the territory of Marquis San Marina.

On our departure, the Marquis gave us a grand send-off and 10 gold coins as well as a reward for completing the quest.

“I hope to come back more relaxedly next time."

Clarice said this as we were heading toward Count Mesalius’s territory, and everyone nodded.

The Count of Mesalius is next to the Marquis San Marina and is also on the road we must take on our way back to the Lister Imperial School.

Naturally, we also passed through it on my way to the Marquis San Marina but the situation was completely different from when I arrived.

Having left the territory of Marquis San Marina and entered the territory of Count Mesalius, there were a lot of magic beasts.

“Were there this many magic beasts when we came here? I don't remember much because I was chatting with everyone in the wagon on the way...”

Misha spoke to me as she ran.

This time, not only me but all the members of Reimei are defeating the magic beasts.

In San Marina, it was almost exclusively me who defeated the Marine Worms so I'm trying to get the other members back on their toes.

“That's not true. As expected, this is just too many. Though, they're all weak magic beasts so there's no problem...”

The number of magic beasts might be about the same as the stampede of the magic beasts at Irgusia.

If we don't defeat them because they are weak, the town will be damaged and that's why as soon as we find any magic beasts, we destroy them even if it costs us a little detouring.

After destroying the magic beasts and when the Reimei girls were taking a break in the wagon, we experienced our first event since the start of this journey.

It was an event that had not happened four years ago when we returned from the Zarkham Kingdom to the Balkus Kingdom.

The wagon, decorated with Duke Regan's Book Crest and Duke Fresvald's Fire Crest, was attacked.

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