A Creative Alchemist Enjoys His Freedom – After Being Banished from His Hometown, He Is Now Free to Create Magical Items with Incredible Effects Under the Control of the Demon King - Episode 22

Episode 22: “Persuading Flame General Raizenga”

“Hmm? Is this the bathroom? The Salamanders in charge of boiling the water might know where the Agnis is!”

　Bang!

　The door on the side of the corridor opened.
　I saw a huge body that looked like it was about to get stuck in the entrance.
　It was Flame General Raizenga.

“Oh. So my daughter Agnis was here… Huh?”

　Raisenga crouched down and passed through the door.
　His yellowish eyes looked towards Agnis.
　Agnis had her eyes closed, waiting for me to hold her.

　General Raizenga then looked at me.
　I had my hands on Agnis’ shoulders and was about to embrace her.

“…You.”

　General Raizenga’s hair stood on end.

“…You bastard. What are you doing?! What are you doing to my daughter────!?”

　The floor shook with a thud.
　General Raizenga stomped his feet on the floor and came straight towards me.

“Please wait, Lord Raizenga!”

　Before that, Mabel blocked his way.
　General Raizenga shrugged his shoulders in anger.

“Get out of the way, Mabel!!”
“Don’t move! Thor-sama is my master! And besides, he is here for Agnis-sama──”
“I can’t be stopped by an unruly maid!!”

　General Raizenga kicked the floor.
　The huge body leapt sideways.
　Fast! That was the Flame General’s movement….
　Mabel was unable to react. General Raizenga dodged Mabel and came in front of me with quick footwork. His sharp eyes lit up as he glared at me.

“Come! I will take you to my territory. There, I will make you pay for laying a hand on Agnis!”
“But first, would you please listen to what I have to say, General Raizenga?”
“You have no right to speak with me!”
“When you see what Agnis is like now, do you not notice anything?”
“──Hmm?”

　There was a response.
　General Raizenga looked at Agnis.
　And then──

“Oh, oh? Agnis isn’t wearing armour but… normal clothes?!”
“I am an alchemist. So, after hearing Agnis’s story, I came up with a solution.”

　I begin to explain.

“The reason why Agnis-san couldn’t control the flames is because her magical power of fire was too strong, right? By converting that magical power──”
“You… you tricked Agnis into wearing clothes, didn’t you!?”
“Huh?”
“You said that the fabric could withstand fire, and you put a maid’s uniform on Agnis, right?! You plan to watch as it slowly burns and gradually strip Agnis naked?! What kind of things are you thinking, you pervert?!”
“Listen to what I’m saying!!”
“Shut up! Just come over here! If you don’t obey, there’s a limit to my patience… Look!”

　General Raizenga shouted.
　Flames emerge from his bristling hair, illuminating the angry general’s face.

“This is the Flame General’s flame! If you fear this power, then you will obediently listen to me──”
“Store! Flame!!”

　When I declared this, the Flame General Raizenga had emitted went out.
    It was sucked into the 『Ultra Compact Simple Warehouse』.
　Agnis had been carrying that storage around with her. When she changed her clothes earlier, she left it on the table. It came in handy.

“What?! My flames?! Y-You, who are you…?”
“I’m an alchemist hired by His Majesty the Demon King.”

　I looked back at General Raizenga and said.

“My job is to solve the problems of the people living in this Demon King’s territory and make this place a comfortable and livable place. I wanted to help Agnis-san. So I got Mabel to help me and came up with a solution. That’s all.”
“…………Uh, uh. But, but……”

　The General’s words were interrupted.
　Then the General shook his head and glared at me again.

“Anyway, come on over! We can talk after that–”

　He tried to reach out his hand toward me.
　But that hand didn’t reach me.

“…I wish you’d stop this already, Father!”

　Agnis’s hand was gripping General Raizenga’s arm.
　It’s been that way for a long time.
　The general was so excited that he didn’t seem to notice.

　By the time the general came before me, Agnis had already immobilised her father.

“…Sorry for the inconvenience. Father.”

　Agnis’ thin fingers were digging into General Raizenga’s copper-colored arm.
　The General tried to shake off Agnis’ hand, but he didn’t move.

　Agnis looked at General Raizenga with an angry look on her face.

　But there were no flames coming from her body.
　Instead, the health promotion pendant on her chest continued to emit light.

『Fire magic: Vitality +250%』
『The surplus fire magical power will be converted into the magical power of other attributes.』
『Fire magic has been converted into earth magic. Earth attribute effect: Stability +250% obtained.』
『Earth magic has been converted into gold magic. Metallic effect: Strength +250% has been obtained.』
『Gold magic has been converted into water magic. Water attribute effect: Flexibility +250%』
『Water magic has been converted into wood magic. Wood attribute effect: vitality +250%』

“What?! I can’t move, Agnis. You have this kind of power?!”
“Thor-sama did his best for Agnis…”
“……Eh”
“It’s thanks to Thor-sama that Agnis can now wear normal clothes… Why won’t you listen to me, Father!?”

　Agnis was really angry.
　With those slender arms, she completely controlled the movements of Flame General Raizenga. Fascinating…

“L-let go! I’m thinking of your own good──grrr!!”

　Raizenga puts all his strength into his body. He falls to the floor. Cracks appeared on the floor.
　However, Agnis was unshakable.
　With her free hand, she grabbed General Raizenga’s other arm. The general tried to shake her off, but Agnis had him completely held down.

“Wh-what did you say?! W-why do you have this power?!”
“Agnis is… angry. She’s using her overflowing magical power!”
“You’re angry?! B-but what about the flames?! Aren’t flames supposed to come out when you get emotional?!”
“Thanks to Thor-sama, Agnis has grown…”

　Agnis’s eyes changed from red to yellow and then back to red.
　It was the same as before she put on the pendant—when she was generating flames from her body.
　In other words, Agnis was currently emitting powerful 『Fire magic』.
　All of that magical power was being poured into the 『Health Promotion Pendant』.

　Agnis had gained several times more vitality, stability, strength, flexibility, and endurance than usual.
　The vitality and endurance were so powerful that they could stop General Raizenga’s movements.
　Stability and strength were strong enough that no matter how much force the general put in, she would not waver.
　Flexibility was supple muscle strength.
　Agnis was making full use of all of these abilities and was demonstrating her incredible power.

“Fire can only hurt people. But with this power that Thor-sama bestowed upon me, I can also protect the people I care about!”

『Fire magic: Vitality +400%』
『The surplus fire magical power will be converted into the magical power of other attributes.』
『Fire magic has been converted into earth magic. Earth attribute effect: Stability +400% obtained.』
『Earth magic has been converted into gold magic. Metallic effect: Strength +400% obtained.』
『Gold magic has been converted into water magic. Water attribute effect: Flexibility +400%』
『Water magic has been converted into wood magic. Wood attribute effect: vitality +400%』

    The 『Health Promotion Pendant』 continued to convert her magic power.
　General Raizenga was now completely unable to move.

“Amazing. So this is the power of the items from the hero’s world.”
“No, I think Thor-sama is the most amazing one…”

　But what was even more amazing was Agnis.
　She grabbed General Raizenga’s arms, immobilizing him-

“…Agnis… has always made you worried, father. I’m sorry…”
“N-no. It’s only natural for a father to be worried about his beloved daughter…”
“But I want you to hear Agnis’ story too. Thor-sama is very important to Agnis, so…”

　Agnis muttered, gazing at her father.

“For Agnis, Thor Regus is the kind of person who she wants to serve “in the name of the 『Primordial Flame』!”
“Agnis, those words… oooooooh?!”
“So, Father, apologize to Thor-sama. Listen to what I have to say!!”

　Agnis lifted up General Raizenga’s massive body.
　She easily handled the huge body that was over 2 meters tall.
　Right above her—to the top of her head.

“Hey, Mabel.”
“Yes, Thor-sama.”
“There’s a legend about a hero from another world who lifted a dragon. Do you know it?”
“I know. It said that he had crawled under the dragon’s belly and lifted its gigantic body.”
“I thought that was a bit of an exaggeration, but maybe it’s true.”
“That’s right. I’ll check the records of the Demon Castle next time.”
“Please, Mabel.”

　Mabel and I were watching the parent-child fight.
　Anyway, I couldn’t talk until the General calmed down.

　Agnis, with sweat running down her forehead, was lifting up General Raizenga’s massive body.
　With both his arms pinned down, General Raizenga was completely unable to move.

“P-Please do something, Salamanders!”

　In a panic, the general calls out to his subordinates, the Salamanders.
　In response to that voice, the salamanders flew out of the boiling water room.
　However──

“Gurururu!” “Gurururu!” “Gurururu!”

　Slap, slap.

　The salamanders simply hit Raizenga’s limbs with their wings and tails.

“Y-You guys too?! Are you saying it’s my fault? … Is that so…?”

　General Raizenga looked like he was about to cry.
　The famous Flame General, even in the Demon King’s territory, was immobilised and lifted up by his daughter Agnis. Even his subordinates salamanders have turned their backs on him…
　I was starting to feel sorry for him.

“Will you please listen to me, General Raizenga?”

　I asked while looking up at the general.

“The General may be upset that I made a magic item for Agnis without your permission. But please, General, listen to me.”
“…Father!”
“Thank you very much, Lord Raizenga.”
“”””Gurururu !!””””

　Me, Agnis, Mabel, and the Salamanders were appealing to General Raizenga.
　And then──

“It was my fault… I’m sorry.”

　The strength drained from the general’s body.

“I’ll listen. I’ll listen to what you have to say. I’ll give you a proper apology, Thor Regus. I promise, in the name of Flame General Raizenga!”
“Thank you, General.”
“So, please let me go, Agnis…”

　General Reizenga said in a tearful voice.

“I don’t mind Thor Regus-dono and Mabel-dono. However, I have Salamander under my command here. If General Flame shows himself like this, it will be a disgrace… Ah.”

　Thus, General Raizenga surrendered.
　For now, he had decided to calm down and talk.