The Neighborhood High School Girl, Miss Isezaki, Is the Great Saintess Returned from Another World~ And I, Suddenly Awakened as Her Exclusive Mana Supply Uncle, Travel Between Earth and Another World with Time-Space Magic~ - 80. Capital Marathon

80. Capital Marathon

“…………Huh?”

The two soldiers let out a hoarse voice at the sudden change of scenery.

“W-Where is this…”

“We were in the alley, right?”

“Y-Yeah…”

Seeing the two of them looking around with wide eyes, I decided to inform them of our current location.

“We’re in a grassy plain a little away from the capital. Look, if you follow this trail, you’ll eventually reach the capital.”

I pointed to the deeply carved tracks stretching endlessly on the ground. This was the road we had passed through today by carriage. By the way, it’s about twenty kilometers from the capital.

“You idiots! That’s not what I’m asking! Why are we here?!”

The soldier who had shouted in the restaurant earlier now raised a similar voice, making my eardrums tingle. It’s quite intimidating to experience it up close.

However, having dealt with plenty of complainers in my previous job, I’m not easily intimidated. By the way, the trick to not being overwhelmed by complainers is either to empty your mind or to think of them as crying babies who can’t communicate unless they scream.

Anyway, although I don’t know the name of this baby-faced soldier, since he sports a splendid beard, let’s call him Beard Soldier. I spoke kindly to the Beard Soldier.

“You asked where this is… Or rather, do you two have time to bother with us?”

“What?! What do you mean by that?”

The Beard Soldier frowned at me, glaring.

“You, entrusted with the important duty of protecting Delixir-sama, are now neglecting your duty and being in a place like this. After Delixir-sama finishes her meal, what do you think she’ll feel when she sees the abandoned carriage?”

At my words, the colleague soldier, pale-faced, shook the Beard Soldier’s shoulder.

“H-Hey! I don’t quite understand what’s going on, but he’s right! W-We need to hurry back or we’ll be purged by Delixir-sama…!”

As expected of a notoriously difficult noble daughter, she seems strict even with her own bodyguards. This is going according to my plan.

Now all that’s left is for these two to desperately run towards the capital, reflecting on their attempted harassment of Isezaki-san—

—Or so I thought, but the Beard Soldier kept glaring at me without averting his gaze. I whispered softly to Isezaki-san behind me.

“Stay back a little.”

“Yes, master.”

Isezaki-san immediately distanced herself from me. Then the Beard Soldier reached for the sheath at his waist.

“You… You seem to be some sort of magician, but don’t think your petty tricks can do anything to us. Return us to our original location now. Otherwise…”

Drawing his sword smoothly, he spoke to his colleague.

“Hey, Dobson, there’s no need to panic. I’ve never heard of such a grand teleportation magic. This is probably some kind of illusion. Let’s just hurt him until he dispels the magic. Let’s attack together.”

“Yeah, I guess so. Hehe, I panicked for nothing…!”

His colleague also shifted his gaze to me, wearing a slight smirk as he brandished his sword. It seems they think it’s not teleportation magic but some kind of illusion.

“No, I’m really teleporting us, you know?”

“Don’t be fooled by such lies!”

“You’ll regret this in the afterlife!”

The two shouted and closed the distance, swinging their swords simultaneously—

“—Dimensional Barrier.”

I deployed a dimensional barrier in front of me.

Each one was about five millimeters in diameter. The dimensional barrier, spread out like a dot pattern covering an area of about two tatami mats, silently intercepted their sword strikes.

“Agh!?”

“What is this!?”

The two looked astonished at the strange sight of their swords being blocked by the floating dimensional barrier. They continued to exert force, trying to push their swords through, but the swords didn’t budge.

“Is this also an illusion!?”

“Damn it!”

The Beard Soldier and his colleague raised their swords again, aiming to strike down forcefully. However, the dimensional barrier didn’t let the swords pass through.

Frustrated, the Beard Soldier clicked his tongue at the situation and gave up on cutting through the barrier, instead moving around to my left and right.

Quick to adapt. As bodyguards of the Countess, they might actually be somewhat competent.

However, my dimensional barrier still had plenty of leeway.

Expanding the dimensional barrier further, I surrounded the area, including Isezaki-san, and then extended it outward.

Pushed back by the expanding dimensional barrier, the soldiers fell on their backsides as if they were bounced off.

“Guah!”

“W-What the hell is this!?”

Listening to their bewildered voices, I continued to manipulate the dimensional barrier.

The barrier stretched over my head, enveloping even the ceiling. It was the completion of a dimensional barrier dome with a diameter of about 10 meters.

Until recently, I couldn’t enlarge the dimensional barrier to this extent. Undoubtedly, it was due to defeating the Earth Dragon.

However, even faced with the mysterious dimensional barrier surrounding us, the soldiers did not falter.

“It’s just an illusion! Don’t let up on the attack!”

“Y-Yeah!”

The two soldiers continued to strike the dimensional barrier with desperate expressions. However, no matter how many times they swung their swords, the barrier didn’t let the swords through, no cracks appeared, and not even the sound of impact echoed.

“Haa, haa… haa”

“Damn it! W-What’s going on…”

Finally, the soldiers, feeling completely helpless, dropped to their knees and began to pant heavily. …Yeah, it’s about time.

I stopped my feet and quietly approached the two exhausted soldiers with the dimensional barrier.