I Already Know My Magic Power Is Ridiculously High! Now I Just Need a Cute Wife... - Episode 22

A spell of an enormous, overwhelming beam of light that covers the entire field of vision.
When I realized that it was the brat who had thrown it, I instantly understood that all my assumptions were wrong.

“……! ‘Magic Barrier’!”

Squeezing out the remaining magical power, I take every possible defensive measure.
By a hair’s breadth, I managed to create a thick magical barrier between myself and that bratty kid, Meteor Ray.

(Whoa, that was close!)

Behind the magical barrier, I sit down with a thud, breaking out in a cold sweat.

I was overwhelmed by the impossibly high-density magical power output.

“Hah, huh? Hah, hah, hah… I’m gonna die, I’m gonna die, I’m gonna die! This is it, I’m dead!”

I get it now! That little brat had some ridiculous magical power!

So that explains his insane strength, though I can’t explain the amount of magic power.

At first, I don’t know why, but that little brat was holding back.

“Damn it, damn it, damn it! What the hell is that monster! I didn’t hear there was something like that in Ortenos!”

In the first place, that brat is beyond the range of a Stellar-class.

As far as I know, the only beings that clearly surpass the Stella-class are my great-grandmother, the war god Urgore, and the great hero of Zethia.

Rather, it is now questionable whether those three have as much magical power as that brat.

(This kind of thing, a single Stellar-class starship wouldn’t even stand a chance against it!)

I also have quite a bit of combat experience among the Naia royal family.

That’s why, in this operation, I was assigned to deal with Urgore.

According to the Hoshiros family’s estimate, the story was that with four Stella-class starships, they could take down Urgore.

However, just imagining how many Stella-class stars would be needed if I did the same calculation on the monster in front of me was terrifying.

“Damn it, what do we do? We have no choice but to run. But can we even escape? Damn it! Ugh! …Ouch!”

When I was contemplating ways to survive, a sharp pain shot through my left arm.

“What the…?”

I lower my gaze to my left arm.

―――The left arm was completely charred.

“Huh? Huhhhhh?!”

Not knowing what had happened, I was confused.

Suddenly, I turn my gaze to the magical barrier behind me.

Then, unbelievably, the magical barrier began to slowly crumble.

“Why… an absolute defense against magic, that’s what a magic barrier is, right…?”

I realized that the beam of light leaking from the broken part of the magical barrier had burned my arm.

A voice of despair, as if my trust has been shattered, escapes my lips.

At this rate, we’ll just end up getting burned to death along with the magical barrier by the meteorite.

(It’s now or never, I have to jump sideways! Here I go! Here I go! Here I go! Here I go! Now!)

I boldly jumped out.

However, it was just the right moment for the magical barrier to be completely engulfed by the beams.

My left foot gets caught in the beam and swallowed.

“Meowwwwwwwwwwww”

I let out a scream I had never uttered before.

The left leg was scorched by the rays, carbonized, and crumbled to pieces.

It hurts, it hurts so much it feels like I’m dying.

“Healing magic…”

Squeezing out the last of my magical power, I tried to cast a healing spell, at that moment.

A powerful “magic wave” passed through my abdomen.

The sensation of the “door” of magic being sealed.

My body is numb, and I can’t properly refine my magic.

“W-Why…! Why can’t I use magic…!”

―――I can’t use magic.

Such a thing had never happened before.

I’ve experienced a lack of magic, but this is different.

It feels as if all the magical power has completely drained from my body.

“Huff, huff, huff, ahhhhhh!”

In the face of such an abnormal situation, I fell into hyperventilation.

The magic is what makes the Stellar-class body so resilient.

If that magical power were to be lost, we would fall into the same fragile existence as the stardust we despise.

For me, a member of the Stella-class and a royal, that was the most unbearable thing of all.

“Isn’t it tough not being able to use magic, Barbato?”

The brat’s foot came into my view.

Now that I can’t even sense magic, I didn’t even notice how close they were getting.

“Ugh… What the hell did you do to me?!”

“I hit your magical ‘door’ directly with the ‘Intimidation Sphere,’ so you won’t be able to move for a while.”

“Huh?! Targeting the ‘door’ directly is impossible! Besides, I’m a Stella-class starship! There’s no way that’s possible!”

“Oh, I see, you can’t tell yourself, huh… I need to be careful about this too.”

“Huh?!”

The “door” is a small organ, only the size of the tip of a pinky finger, that generates magical power.

It should be impossible to aim intentionally; it can only be done if emotions are completely unleashed and the flow of magical power is fully visible.

That little brat is saying something like he knows it all, and it’s really annoying.

“Prince Barbato!”

“Don’t move. If you try anything funny, I’ll crush this guy’s spine.”

“Ugh!”

Nephthys tries to run towards me, but her steps stop as she’s threatened by the brat.

I just realized that right now, a little brat has the power of life and death over me.

My left arm and left leg were burned, my magic was taken away, and I can’t even move my body.

(Damn! Damn it! Am I really going to die here?)

I absolutely hate that.

There’s no way I’m going to let some nonsensical guy like him kill me so easily.

However, in the golden eyes that looked down on me, there was no trace of mercy to be seen――――