summerpeanut

Chapter 94 : Revealing

Added 2022-11-06 03:30:49 +0000 UTC

TL:SummerPeanut

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21 July 2030.

It’s 0:05...... I overslept for five minutes longer than planned but it can't be helped...took a long time to deplete my magic.

And Clarice seems to have just fallen asleep.

As soon as I woke up, I went to the living room.

First, I checked to see where the three people who had followed us were.

One of them is in the same inn as us.

Well, he's definitely harmless to us.

I guess we can leave him alone...

As for the other two... they're apparently not in the vicinity...... I can't let my guard down but I can't waste MP on them either...

I gave up doing my usual running and decided to devote more time to muscle training.

After all, I have six hours. Plenty of time to abuse my body.

At 6:00 am, the girls woke up one by one.

Karen was the first to get up, then Clarice, and finally Ellie and Misha woke up around 6:30 am.

I knew Clarice is strong in the morning but Karen is good with morning too it seems.

And as expected, Ellie and Misha are very weak in the morning.

Because they're almost late to school numerous times, and sometimes both of them had similar exploding hair to Dr. Konto.*1

Then we all ate breakfast at the inn.

Breakfast was buffet style.

I eat the most during breakfast out of the three meals so thank goodness for the buffet arrangement.

Clarice and Karen were also eating well but...... Ellie and Misha were only reaching for a bit of fruit.

I went to one of the rooms after breakfast and before we depart.

It was the room of the guy who had been following us.

I knocked lightly on the door and the person came to the door and seemed to be debating whether to open it or not.

“Dames. Will you accept my quest?"

When I said that, he opened the door as if he had given up.

“W-what's wrong...?”

“I think Sasha asked you to tail me, and that's fine as it is. The quest from me is that in addition to Dames, there may be two more people following us. If you can identify them, please keep them in mind. If possible, please remember their faces and body shapes but don't take any risks as we don't know who they are."

I said that and gave Dames five gold coins. But Dames did not accept my gold coins. So I said the following words.

“I think from today we will proceed at the rate of 100 to 150 kilometres a day. I don't think you can ever catch up with us on foot therefore I think you should borrow a horse, Dames. Also, our horses are quite good so they don't take many breaks. I think you will need to change horse when passing a city multiple times."

When I said so, Dames took my gold coins before replying.

“Alright. I'll take that quest."

So he said.

“We leave at eight o'clock today. I won't be calling you tomorrow.”

After I said that, I went back to my room and got ready to leave.

At 8:00 am we set off for the next town.

Today is as smooth as ever but there were many...magic beasts. Or rather, there were too few around Regan. Duke Regan and the Knights of Regan are performing exemplary.

After I defeated a number of kobold herds with Wind Cutter, Karen and Misha came out from the carriage to my side.

“There should be quite a number of magic beasts around here...... Mars, did you defeat them.......?”

Karen asked curiously.

“Yeah. I'm taking them down, more or less.”

“How? I don't think you've drawn your sword, have you?”

“Then, you two stay here for a bit. I'll show you a part of my real strength like we talked about yesterday.”

After a short run, Misha.

“Is it just me? Isn't it quite cool here? Even though it’s almost August...the inside of the carriage is cooled by Clarice with magical tools but isn't it strange that it's so cool here? The horses aren't even sweating ......”

“I'll explain that too when the magic beasts come out.”

Then I saw a large herd of kobolds about 500m away.

This time there seems to be a kobold leader too.

Well, kobolds themselves are in the enemy class that even a civilian might be able to defeat.

Though I don't think a kobold leader with a threat level of F could be defeated by a civilian...

“There's a hundred of them! I've never seen a swarm this big before. As expected even for Mars, it’ll take time to defeat them and our side may receive some damage so I'm going to participate!"

As Karen said this, from the top of the wagon.

“Karen, wait. Mars alone is more than enough.”

I turned around to see Clarice and Ellie. When she turned around, Clarice and Ellie were standing on top of the wagon.

It ended with the position of Clarice and Ellie staring down from above whereas I had to look up in their direction…a wonderful sight of pink and yellow greeted my eyes.

Clarice noticed my gaze and turned red.

“Where are you looking!”

I said a phrase I heard somewhere.

Come to think of it, didn't she say she'd show me as much as I wanted when I had the mock battle with Red Lotus? Then Ellie answered.

“......Mars pervert......but I like Mars......as much as you like......”

Then Ellie showed me.

Speaking of which, Ellie always wears shorts under her skirt, Misaka style, but she is not wearing shorts today.*2

“Ellie, you're not wearing shorts today?”

“......I don't give service to other men......unlike Clarice......”

Oh, you meant that...... Well, the two of them fought as a result of that statement, as usual.

“Hey! Mars! I'm well aware of Mars's perversity but what are you going to do about this!?”

Misha said to me.

“Okay, then watch me.”

I fired a Tornado at a group of kobolds that were closing in on me at about 100 metres distance. It's the MP-saving version, as I don't need to combine Wind Cutter.

Karen and Misha were surprised by the large Tornado that suddenly appeared in front of us.

Well, it's natural to be surprised because the Tornado appeared without chanting.

It didn't take long for the Tornado to swallow the kobold swarm.

I missed a few of them but I took them down with Wind Cutter.

After seeing 100 kobolds defeated in just a minute or so, Karen said.

“W-what's this? Did Mars do this?"

“The magic just now…Isn’t it as powerful as mom’s?”

I nodded and explained.

“I used to be a magician. The worst Wind magic user. Even now, my Wind magic level is higher than my Swordsmanship level. My Swordsmanship level is 8, my Wind magic level is 9. In addition, I got the title of Wind King when I reached Wind magic level 8. This was when I was six years old, and it seems that this title of Wind King originally belonged to Sasha.

Only a few people know about this. Outside of my family, only Duke Regan and Sasha know about this. Oh, Teacher Reiner and Bram also know that I am a Wind magician. I want you to understand the meaning by revealing this to you two. And this isn't the only thing I'm hiding so I'll tell you next time I get the chance to."

They both looked incredulous.

“Everything he just told you is really true. When we discovered the hidden passage not long ago, brother-in-law formed up with us, didn't he? That's the formation the four of us were in when we were diving labyrinths. Ellie at the front, then brother-in-law, with me and Mars at the rear. This formation also means that the reason we put Mars at the very back because he has the means to attack from there.”

Ellie nodded in agreement.

Karen walked into the wagon with a complicated expression on her face.

Karen perhaps thought that she is better than me in terms of magic.

Misha apparently remembered the old battle between me and Cyrus.

“Come to think of it, four years ago when Mars fought Teacher Cyrus, he used Wind Cutter without chanting...... and I forgot about it because I didn't think it was such an incredible thing at the time. However, now that I think about it, the fact that he used it without chanting is incredible but using magic while moving during a swordfight is unbelievable…"

Misha said and hugged me before going back inside the wagon.

Clarice and Ellie also followed Misha.

Was the stimulus a little too much? Should I stop the mentioning of Holy magic?

That day we stayed in a town after making 130km progress.

Like yesterday, we took a bath and then had dinner before returning to our room.

By this time, Karen's confusion seemed to have subsided.

“But then again, what is Mars really? How does he become…both a Sword Saint and a magician?”

“Hmmm. Baron is one too, isn't he?”

“Baron is more of a swordsman. My Charm Eyes work on him, and not to mention I can also do a minor appraisal on him. But both Charm Eyes and minor appraisal don’t work on Mars, right? Do you have countermeasures set up?"

“Apparently any kind of Magic Eyes don’t work on me. Duke Regan's Magic Eyes don’t work either so I'm confident in this hypothesis. That is why minor appraisals from Magic Eyes won’t work with me unlike with the appraisal crystals. But I'm hiding my status and skills with this Disguise Bracelet."

When I showed her the Disguised Bracelet, Karen seemed convinced.

“Oh, I see what you mean. I thought that bracelet was like an engagement ring since you don't usually need to disguise yourself... What is your level Mars? 50 or more?"

“You're not going to believe this.......”

When I said that, Misha said.

"60, 70, maybe 100?"

I honestly revealed the answer.

"It's 20. I seem to have a curse that makes it hard for me to level up… and I probably won't level up no matter how many magic beasts with a threat level of D or lower I kill anymore. However, I think my status growth is pretty good."

Karen seemed to think that I’m joking.

“Twenty…is lower than me. I suppose it's still a secret. I wonder if Mars can use Water magic as well? It's so cool around Mars when he's outside... am I right?"

“Yup. That's right. During the day, I use Water magic and Wind magic around me and the horses to cool them down. That's why the horses don't get too battered.”

Clarice looked at her watch.

“It's 21:00, Mars, go to bed. We'll go to bed at 00:00 too. The rest I and Ellie will tell you what Mars can answer.”

“Okay. Thank you. If there are any weak magic beasts from tomorrow, I’ll trouble Misha to defeat them. Of course, I'll follow up after you."

Misha nodded and said.

“Good night. See you tomorrow."

So she said and I went to bed a step ahead of her.

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