To Me, Who Was Single-Handedly Holding The Front Line, You Call Me A "Useless Piece of Trash"? Fine. I'll Live as I Please And Set Out On A Journey To Find A Cute Wife. - This time, I'll Become A Hero In The Enemy Country And Bare My Fangs At My Homeland - Episode 12

I can’t use magic. But I’ve seen a mountain of it on the front lines.

Attack magic and defense magic. Healing magic, and things that enhance physical abilities.

Besides that, there were also those with special abilities, the gifted.

Arne of the Genocide Unit.

Their high-speed movement, or whatever it was, I think that’s probably what it was.

I have good eyesight by nature.

Distant mountains and people can be seen clearly even from afar.

Both magical power and magic are clearly visible…

“If Fern is weak, it means half-elves are weak too.”

“— Why… do you say it like that?”

Fern’s magical power is unlike anything I’ve ever seen before.

They said they were borrowing the power of the spirits, but I wonder if that has anything to do with it.

Ordinary people have magic flowing through their bodies.

Magic is the act of gathering the magical power within oneself into the palm or a wand and releasing it.

Those who train have that much more magical power.

That’s why you can tell right away just by looking if someone is strong or not.

But Fern was different.

There is no magic flowing through her body.

It’s incredibly clear and transparent.

When I first saw it, I thought it was purely beautiful.

I wonder why this child is chained up like this.

When Fern casts a spell, the magical energy drifting around gathers in her palm.

Besides, there are no limits.

In this world, magic is always in the air.

Even in the hunting grounds, even in the adventurer’s guild, and now in this park.

It is incomparable to the magic within the body.

The person doesn’t understand. This is really amazing.

“Because, right?”

A chill begins to envelop Fern.

I don’t understand why she thinks she is weak.

Perhaps someone told you. Like, your magic is weak, or you’re a half-elf, or something.

That’s why I must have lost my confidence.

Fern is strong.

Until now, more than anyone else.

I don’t understand that.

I said I was weak, half-hearted, and a failure.

No. No, you’re strong.

But, words can’t convey it.

I brandished the wooden stick in my hand, filled with murderous intent.

Anyone should instinctively feel it.

If you don’t fight, you’ll be defeated.

Fern’s expression changed completely. It seems my seriousness got through to her.

Wow, you can make such a scary face too.

“If you get hurt, I’m sorry.”

Muttering, I ran.

When you fight, time slows down. Magic becomes more visible.

The cold air is gathering around Fern’s body.

I launched an attack, sweeping from the right.

With enough force to shatter bones if it hits the right shoulder, enough to knock Fern down.

But――it didn’t hit.

The sound of shattering glass echoed at the scene, scattering transparent ice everywhere.

Fern’s body is still far ahead. Yet, it stopped.

As expected, it’s amazing.

Did he create an ice barrier in an instant? And with incredible strength, too.

“Wow—interesting.”

Without missing a beat, he spun his body around. Without losing momentum, he launched an attack from the left side.

I was surprised, but it’s not unusual for the first strike to be blocked.

Sometimes luck is on your side, and if you only think about preventing things, you can also surpass your own limits.

But defensive magic requires delicate techniques. Well, this is something I realized while fighting.

It’s different from casting attack spells in succession.

It’s easy to throw things continuously, but stacking or building something is difficult.

Even if it were to be completed, it would only be an incomplete shield.

You can just crush that with magic.

But――.

A strike aimed at the left shoulder.

Once again, transparent ice scattered.

I couldn’t help but smile.

Fern didn’t just defend the right side.

I covered my entire body in ice 360 degrees so that I could withstand any attack from any direction.

With that, an incredible amount of magical power.

What was even more surprising was that, while encased in ice—essentially in a state of absolute defense—he began to gather magic in his left hand.

You can’t attack and defend at the same time.

No, I thought I couldn’t do it.

Because everyone up until now has been like that.

But, that’s not it.

Fern can do it. Only Fern can do it.

“—As expected, you’re strong.”

Fern pointed his left hand at me and unleashed an ice spell from his palm.

To my surprise, it passes by without breaking through my defensive magic.

Wow, you can do things like this too.

It’s high-density magic. If it hits, could it possibly make a hole in my stomach?

But it’s so fast that it’s unavoidable.

As expected, this is bad.

“U, no way… to break magic with a tree… no way…”

There is only one answer.

There’s no choice but to cut it.

Magic has seams. I call them cracks.

If you cut along that line, the magic will collapse.

The ice magic that split to the left and right is blown away behind.

“Heh heh, impressive?”

However, immediately after that, a loud noise echoed from behind.

When I hurriedly turned around, a part of the wall surrounding the park had been destroyed and was frozen.

“…ge”

“Ah, ah!?”

Ugh, this is bad.

At that moment, a soldier from the town happens to pass by.

I found the shattered wall and shouted.

“W-What are you guys doing!?”

This is bad. This is really bad. Even I can tell.

“— Fern, let’s run!”

“Fey, eh, ehhh!?”

Pulling with my right hand, I run away from the scene.

I’m sorry. I’ll be more careful from now on.

Then Fern starts to laugh.

I can’t help but laugh along.

“Mr. Yamagishi, thank you very much.”

“Huh, what?”

“You did it for me, didn’t you… you made me angry on purpose.”

“Well, yeah”

“…From now on, I think I’ll have confidence in myself. I want to be able to proudly say to anyone that I’m a half-elf.”

“That’s good. But it’s not ‘I want to be,’ it’s ‘I will be,’ right?”

“Hehehe… it will happen!”

I’ve lived most of my life alone.

Even when I was dispatched to the front lines, I thought, “Ah, this must be fate.”

But I realized that I feel calm when I’m with someone. I’m happy when someone tells me I’m wrong when I am.

Besides, it’s been a while since I killed these many humans.

No… didn’t I kill him the other day? Outside the country…

Well, they’re not even human, so I guess I don’t need to count them.

“By the way, what should I do about the giant sword? I really like Fern’s ice sword, but I need to go get it someday.”

“Come to think of it, you did mention it. Was it such an important weapon?”

“It’s important, or rather, um, if I don’t hold onto it, it might probably turn into a big problem.”

“Maybe? … Difficult?”

“I’ll tell you more about it later. For now, let’s go grab some food.”

“You really eat a lot, don’t you? But somehow, I’m in the mood to eat too!”

“Oh, nice! Ah, but…”

“But?”

“We might be running low on money. — Yeah, let’s kill those shady-looking guys around here and take their stuff?”

“I think it’s better to stop doing things like that.”

Oh, I might have messed up somehow.

Yes

Yes

The country of Trava, where Yamagishi served.

A little distance away from the front line, two women were walking through the desert.

Both are clad in black garments.

Before long, the woman walking ahead turned around and called out.

“Arne-senpai, let’s just get rid of that giant sword already. I want to go home quickly. Let’s warm up together in the bath.”

A languid voice, somewhat lacking in energy, but it has a gentle tone.

As she said, Arne was dragging the giant sword as he walked. It was so heavy that he was pulling it along.

“……This is an important piece of evidence… so I can’t let you take it. Besides, everyone else followed my orders and went home, so why are you still here?”

“Eh!? Saying things like that, there are so many Murderous Spider Death Creatures around, it’s dangerous!”

Arne stopped in his tracks with a sigh.

The large blade part is covered with a big bag to prevent it from getting damaged. The handle is also wrapped to keep it free from sand and mud.

She gently places it on the ground, as if a mother were putting her child to bed.

Another woman who was watching it giggled.

“Considering you’re calling it evidence, you’re being awfully polite, aren’t you?”

“I just want to do my job properly. I have no other feelings beyond that.”

“Really? You just want to meet the frenzied berserker again, don’t you!?”

I feel a bit annoyed by the lighthearted remark, but I sigh and try to wipe the sweat from my forehead with my right hand.

However, the black attire was getting in the way.

Arne reaches for the black garment and pulls it down to just below his chest.

“Wow, senpai, you’re so naughty! You’re all bouncy!”

What appeared from the black attire was a beautiful girl with long blonde hair and milky-white skin.

Her chest is so full and bouncy that it shakes vigorously.

“……Noisy. But this giant sword is unusually heavy… huh?”

Then, at that moment, Arne sensed an unusual magical power.

It feels as if the magical energy is swirling as if it were alive.

It wasn’t just Arne who noticed that.

“……Senpai, don’t you think it feels kind of dangerous?”

“……Yeah. — Get ready.”

In the next moment, the giant sword surged with terrifying magical power, enveloping the surroundings in darkness while resonating with a discordant sound.