I Already Know My Magic Power Is Ridiculously High! Now I Just Need a Cute Wife... - Episode 29

The time goes back a little.

On the small hill about ten kilometers south of the place where Shalka and the others were.

There were two people there wearing black hoods pulled deep over their heads.

“Lynx, did you see that light just now?”

“Yeah, I saw it.”

“Hehehe, who would have thought that the fool from Ortenos was a demon slayer?”

“Weren’t you aware of it? Aquila.”

The figure clads in black, known as Aquila, was peering through a long cylindrical device towards the distance.

The figure dressed entirely in black, known as Lynx, looked at Aquila with a slightly puzzled expression.

“No, I thought Shalka was the least likely.”

“……Then why did you tell Barbato to leak information about Shalka? In the end, it was Shalka, but…”

“Life is all about taking risks. Hitting the jackpot with a long shot like this is the most satisfying.”

Aquila proudly presented his theory.

Lynx sighed and said to such an Aquila.

“Sigh, I wish you could understand what it’s like to be forced into Ortenatris because of that gamble.”

At Lynx’s exasperated expression, Aquila lets out a chuckle…

“Ah, this time it’s a big achievement, Lynx. Knowing about his existence early on is significant. With Barbato also dead, for now, we are the only ones who know his true identity. This way, we can take measures ahead of any country.”

“Hmm, but won’t Shalka notice?”

“Since we’re this far apart, we won’t be detected by magic sensing. It’s not even within the range of the naked eye.”

Since Aquila is a Stella-class herself, she understands the specifications of the Stella-class to some extent.

Therefore, I was absolutely confident that Shalka was unaware of my existence.

“I look normal, though.”

“Seriously, Lynx’s body is really enviable.”

“I don’t like the way you’re saying it.”

“I have no ulterior motives; I just prefer human women.”

Lynx clutches his chest while casting a sulky glare.

Aquila nonchalantly brushed off the gaze.

“Oh, I see. So, what are we going to do from now on?”

“I’m going back to the Azarash Union Headquarters.”

The Azarash city-state is located to the southeast of Ortenos and shares a border with the Eerstein territory.

Currently, for certain reasons, the central part of the country is in ruins, and the Stella-class stars residing here are claiming to be kings everywhere, resulting in a chaotic state for the nation.

“The Allied Headquarters, that dilapidated ruin?”

“Yeah, so?”

“Why is that place the headquarters of the alliance? There were so many more suitable locations.”

“That’s precisely why it’s suitable for us. To end the ridiculous world of nobility and create a new order. Isn’t this the perfect place to uphold such ideals?”

Links does not have good feelings towards the headquarters of the “Alliance” to which he belongs.

However, even if I told the others about it, I would only get responses like Aquila’s, so I was getting fed up.

“Boss really knows how to set up shop in a place like that, huh? Attacked by six countries, and the domestic situation is a free-for-all. I don’t get how he can live and eat in such a ruined castle.”

“Let them fight over the pie or whatever. The more chaos there is, the easier it will be for us to operate.”

“Is that how it is?”

“That’s just how it is. If we had our headquarters in a specific country, the nobles would find us and we’d be done for, right? But Azarash was a nation that was destroyed not too long ago by the ‘Beast Disaster.’ So it’s the perfect place to hide.”

“The Union” is an organization controlled by ideology.

Therefore, without a permanent base in a specific location, the current base is merely a temporary shelter.

“Even so, I feel like there’s a limit to this.”

“You probably don’t understand yet since you’re new here, but setting up a base in a land devastated by a ‘beast disaster’ like Azarash is kind of a tradition for us.”

“Tradition?”

“Yeah. Actually, it’s said that in such places, lost items are easier to find.”

“Looking for something?”

“It’s obvious, isn’t it? We’re just like them—’heroes.'”

“……”

“Hero,” that is the general term for individuals that appear across the entire Alta continent as if by mutation.

For example, it is said that Stella-class beings can only be born from the mating of other Stella-class beings, but very rarely, they can also be born from the union of Stardust beings.

Such extraordinary beings are called “heroes.”

The conditions under which unique individuals are born are not certain, but Aquila feels quite confident in what he has said.

“The discovery of the ‘Hero’ is the top priority for the ‘Alliance.’ We must secure it before the nobles find it. That’s why we are currently searching frantically in Azarash for anyone with the ‘Hero Factor.'”

“……Is it necessary to destroy the nobility?”

Lynx’s expression darkens.

“？ Ah, of course.”

“……So, are you going to kill Shalka too?”

“Of course, we will kill Shalka. In fact, killing the ‘Demon Slayer’ is our supreme mission. That power should be wielded by the ‘Alliance’.”

Aquila’s speech is filled with passion.

“I don’t think Shalka is… such a bad noble.”

“Huh?”

The moment Lynx muttered that, Aquila’s eyes turned bright red.

“Hey, do we really have to kill all the nobles? Maybe some of them… Nya Guh!”

Aquila tightened his grip around Lynx’s neck with an expression of fury.