I Already Know My Magic Power Is Ridiculously High! Now I Just Need a Cute Wife... - Episode 34

The fact that a hero without magical power was able to infiltrate the Ortenatris Castle is a serious situation.

As expected, a hero skilled in reconnaissance is troublesome… Should we take measures from now on?

“Hehehe, ahahaha! So, you found out too? Well, whatever. Yeah, it was Lynx who leaked your information.”

“Oh, are you done with the monkey business, hero?”

“There’s no point in trying to cover it up any more. So, tell me, how did you find out where I was?”

Do you really think they would teach something that important?

It’s like he grew up but stayed a child at heart.

“There’s no way I’d tell a hero something like that.”

“Sigh, this is why I hate nobles. They’re so selfish, only thinking about exploiting others. If you’re not going to tell me… then just die here!”

Aquila suddenly threw several knives at me after saying that.

You think you can take me down with something like that…? I thought so, but I was a bit wary.

“That knife, is it poisoned?”

The blade of the thrown knife has changed to a poisonous color.

The Stella-class ships are basically immune to poison, but I felt a slight discomfort.

I swing the pipe and knock them down one by one.

“Hehehe, correct answer~. Now, let’s keep going~.”

How many did he have in the first place? He’s throwing them continuously.

The number of books thrown will probably reach several dozen, but surely it should be running out soon.

Even if we keep doing things like this, we’ll just end up in a slow decline.

“It’s useless, those tricks won’t work on me.”

“Hahaha, nobles, you know, they all say that and then die.”

“?”

Aquila began to weave magic while throwing the knife.

I sense the presence of magic being activated, but nothing in particular happens.

I just felt a sense of discomfort with Aquila’s behavior and decided to perform a magic detection.

Then, I felt a rapid magical reaction approaching from behind.

“!”

Bend your knees and lower your stance while swinging the pipe.

I heard the sound of a thrown knife being deflected from behind.

“Wow, what an amazing reaction!”

“Magic on a knife…? Could it be that he controlled the knife remotely?”

“Hehehe, I never thought you would see through my ‘Puppet Magic’ so quickly.”

“Is it puppet magic?”

It’s magic I’ve never heard of before.

But from the name alone, it seems like a spell that grants magical power to small objects and allows them to be manipulated freely.

Wait, isn’t this an application of the “magic conduction” I discovered?

It’s interesting, but it feels like I’ve been completely outpaced, and I’m really frustrated about it.

“Ah, this puppet magic is my trademark, and it’s no exaggeration to say so. Yes, I am the Union’s proud eleventh-ranked, ‘Puppet Hero Aquila.’ Among the heroes who have buried countless nobles with this puppet magic, I am the strongest rookie.”

“Alliance… Ah, the ‘Hero Alliance,’ huh?”

Alliance or Hero Alliance.

I heard from my father that they are an armed terrorist group composed of heroes.

They are a troublesome group conducting terrorist activities across the Atla continent, and at the top of them are twelve powerful heroes.

I see, so one of them was the man in front of me.

“That’s right, unfortunately, it seems like you’ve already lost. The seeds have been sown.”

“What?”

Countless magical reactions appeared around me.

The thrown throwing knives floated up to completely surround me, their blades facing me.

“Hehehe, even if the opponent is a demon-slaying warrior like you, you can’t fend off this many!”

“……!”

Indeed, there’s no escape in this situation.

So, the purpose of Aquila was to throw and scatter a large number of poisoned knives?

“The poison smeared on this knife is mixed with the bodily fluids of a magical beast. Even a body as strong as a Stellar-class would not come out unscathed if it were to touch it! Naturally, even an Exorcist would stand no chance!”

It feels unpleasant, but honestly, it doesn’t feel as dangerous as Aquila says.
I can only describe it as a feeling, but I have a sense that I have some kind of resistance to poison.

Also, the fact that the term “Demon Slayer” came up from Aquila is bothering me.

“Was it Aquila? Why did the Alliance tell you to keep an eye on me?”

“Hehehe, fine, I’ll tell you as a parting gift. I wasn’t specifically watching you. I was confirming the existence of a newly born demon hunter in Ortenos.”

“Hmm? That’s a strange way to put it. I don’t know what a ‘Demon Slayer’ is, but why are you so sure it was born?”

Aquila looked at my words with a blank expression, as if she couldn’t believe them.

“Huh? You don’t know about the Demon Slayer? Pfft, ahhahaha! This is a masterpiece! The idea that you’ve become a Demon Slayer without even knowing it is just too funny!”

“?”

I tilt my head at Aquila, who suddenly burst into laughter.

“Well, whatever. A Demon Slayer is someone who has defeated the greatest calamity for the Stella Star level, the ‘Demon Beast.’ Only those who have vanquished the Demon Beast can become a Stella Star. Those who defeat the Demon Beast take its power for themselves and become beings beyond the Stella Star level.”

“……”

The demon hunter told me something, and Aquila casually explained it.

An existence that destroys demon beasts, hence the name demon extermination warrior, I suppose.

In other words, I defeated the demon beast and became a demon slayer or whatever.

However, that’s a strange story.

―――I’ve never defeated a magical beast before.