Chapter 120


CHAPTER 120 – THE FLOWER IRIS



Watching from a distance from the gambling den, there were some guys running away from a distant building .


The buildings weren’t connected though .


「It’s probably them」


「Their movements are too easy to tell . Another underground path huh」


「I’ll leave it to you, Kakeru」


I followed them with Iris .


I followed them relying on my ears and reached a building on the outskirts of the town .


It was quite a good mansion, and there were also rough-looking gate guards in the front .


「Is it there?」


「I’m sure that they entered there . It’s also noisy inside . Also」


「Also?」


「I smell violence」


「It’s not……your nose huh」


I silently nodded . It would be more of how the atmosphere feels .


「What do you think?」


I asked Iris .


「……let’s charge in . While they haven’t destroyed the evidence yet」


「Yosh」


「I’ll leave the front to Kakeru . I’ll go from the back」


「I got it . Are you alright by yourself?」


「It’s fine . ……I’m not a woman who is just protected」


「I see」


She’s still as stubborn as usual .


After confirming that Iris took a long, roundabout path, I also went from the front .


「Stop! Who are you!」


The tough-looking gate guard asked what and who .


I drew Eleanor and Hikari, and divided the man into four .


Guys swarmed out of the mansion .


『Well then, let’s do it』


『Hikari will do her best too!』


Eleanor who laughed with pleasure and Hikari who completely grew up like a Demon Sword .


I clad myself with the dark cloak aura and slashed forward with the two .


「E-Enemy attack!」


「Wait, this guy’s……」


「The Abysmal Twin Swords……the Demon Sword Wielder?」


「H-Hiiiiiiiiii!!!」


There were those who were courageous to step forward, but there were also those who crawled away with weak knees .


I slashed those guys without mercy .


『Look how overprotective you are』


「What are you talking about?」


『Kukuku』


Eleanor continued to laugh in pleasure .


I greatly appealed myself as the Demon Sword Wielder, lured the enemy, and slashed forward .


I walked through the garden of corpses and entered the mansion .


『Well, what would you do?』


「There’s a sound coming from there」


I heightened my hearing and advanced deeper into the mansion .


What came was


『A-re〜, it’s a dead end?』


『What useless ears those are』


「No, it’s under this」


I stabbed Eleanor to the ground .


A hollow sound without substance was made .


I pulled the sword and touched it as if to search around .


There was a lever . I pulled it at once .


『A hidden staircase huh . From how it looks, an underground prison huh』


「Let’s go」


I walked down the stairs .


There was a room there when I got down .


Inside the room lit by a magic light, there was one boy .


The boy was using magic on the things that seem to be Mercouri’s paper notes .


He’s in the middle of engraving crests .


「I see, this is the site of the forgery huh」


『There should be no mistaking it . The problem is, why is that boy able to use that magic』


「Hey, you, why are youーー」


「Don’t come!」


Only one step and it was stopped by the boy’s call .


It was a voice of desperation, at one’s wits’ end .


「Don’t be scared」


Hikari returned to her human form and kindly talked to him .


「Otou-san is not a bad person」


「It’s not that, I didn’t mean that . This!」


The boy pointed at his neck . There was a collar .


A suspicious light is flashing repeatedly in the center of the collar .


「This, they said it’s a magic that would explode if a person I don’t know gets near!」


「Something like that exists?」


『Yes it does』


Eleanor answered promptly .


「That’s why, don’t come here」


Hikari looked up to me with a troubled face .


「Return to a sword, Hikari . I’ll do something about it」


「Un!」


Hikari returned to her Demon Sword form .


Well then, what should I do?


「It’s useless even if you think of it」


I heard a man’s voice from behind .


I turned around, and saw a middle-aged man wearing a merchant’s outfit walking down the stairs .


He is showing a smile, but the blade scar that cut across his left eye emphasizes that he’s not a person like his smile shows .


「You’re the mastermind?」


「That is right . I’m Galassimos Cichi」


「Where did this boy came from?」


「Which answer would you like to receive? Is it whether he is a small hammer that we forged, or a secret child of the King?」


Galassimos grinned .


「The King’s secret child? ……I see, that’s why he’s able to use the royal family’s magic」


『Kukuku . No wonder that little girl didn’t know』


Eleanor laughed in glee .


「That’s right」


「Immediately remove the collar’s magic」


A voice sounded from behind Galassimos, and at the same time, a sword was pointed to his neck .


The one who appeared was Iris .


She was unusually showing a face of anger and glared at the man from behind . She was listening huh .


「Remove?」


「Hurry up, if you still care for your life」


「Alright」


Galassimos reached out his hand while grinning .


「Don’t do anything weird?」


「I only need to remove it right?」


After saying that, Galassimos used magic .


The next instant, the collar in the boy’s neck started to brighten .


……its flashing light got faster, and the light became more wicked .


It was a phenomenon that was far away from the image of “remove” .


「What did you do?」


Iris seemed to have noticed as well . She questioned the man with a strong tone .


「You told me to remove it after all . That is something that would absolutely explode when worn . It has only two effects, it would either explode when a person not in the settings approached, or explode after being activated」


「Y-You meant by removing it is……」


「I removed the stopper that stops the explosion」


「Stop it right away!」


「It’s useless, I told you that . It’s a magic that only results into explosions」


「You bastard! You placed such thing on a child!」


「Of course . That would be the greatest evidence . It is natural to erase it when time comes right?」


「Ku!」


Iris groaned .


Galassimos looked at me with a hideous smile and said with a friendly tone .


「It would be better if you go away you know, Demon Sword Wielder . It is a magic that would explode from the center of the flashing collar . You’ll get caught in it if you stand there」


「The place you’re standing in is the safety zone huh」


The man crooked the corner of his mouth .


「Well, if you wish to bond with him for the last time, I won’t stop you . It won’t explode since it’s near the countdown」


「I see」


I approached the boy .


The boy was terrified, sat on the ground, and peed .


He did not even react even though I approached him . He was that scared .


「I’ll just say this . It will instantly explode if you destroy it」


「Instantly, huh」


『Are you going to do it?』


「Do you think I can?」


『If it is you』


『Otou-san, do your best!』


The mother and daughter sent cheers from my head .


I placed a hand on the collar and pointed Hikari on her Demon Sword form on it .


「……one-two!」


I used the warp feather the instant I cut the collar .


I warped to Orycuto’s valley .


The master of the valley, Orycuto, was startled seeing me .


「Ahh〜, sorry . Well, you won’t die if it’s you」


The next instant after I said that, the collar I’m holding exploded .


It was a condensed explosion .


Explosive flames and impact whirled within a radius of 2 meters, but nothing happened outside of that .


The explosion stopped .


「Geho, geho」


The sand whirled by the explosion entered my mouth, and I coughed .


That was all .


『Unscathed huh』


「All thanks to you」


The instant it exploded, I clad myself with the dark cloak aura .


I completely used the aura from the two for defense .


I focused only for that, so I was unscathed .


On the other hand, Orycuto was crushed and destroyed into pieces .


Although he’s regenerating, he was shattered .


「Sorry for getting you involved」


I apologized with a few words and returned to the mansion using the warp feather .


「W-What……」


The man was stunned .


He seems like he could not understand what just happened .


「Kakeru! Are you alright?」


「It was quite strong . It would’ve been instant death if it wasn’t me」


Iris was relieved in a moment, then glared at Galassimos .


「You, you put such thing on an innocent child!」


She got furious and sent out her back fist . Galassimos was hit by it directly and was blown away, crashing into the wall .


「I-Impossible . If it comes to thisーー」


Galassimos reached out his hand towards the boy again .


He tried to do something, something to erase the evidence .


I expected it and quickly got in between them .


I clad myself with the mother and daughter aura, and emphasized without words that I won’t let him do anything anymore .


「……ku! Damn it!」


Galassimos cursed . On his side, Iris looked down at him with cold eyes .


「Prepare yourself, you shall be executed without a doubt」


「You’ll put him to trial?」


「Umu」


Iris nodded .


Iris said that he would be executed without a doubt, but there would still be a trial huh . What a tedious thing to do .


『Isn’t that very like her . As a person engaged in national affairs, she must take procedural justice』


Hmm .


I see, engaged in national affairs huh .


I looked at Iris . She was so enraged that she looked like she would spit out fire from her eyes .


「Iris」


「What?」


I chopped Galassimos’ head .


His head was severed from his neck and blood spurts like a fountain .


The boy screamed and fainted . Iris stared at me with narrowed eyebrows .


「What are you doing?」


「It’s my motto to kill bastards when I see them」


When I said that, although Iris seemed complicated, she somewhat, showed a satisfied expression .



I went outside with Iris .


I put down the boy who still hasn’t gained his consciousness to the ground .


Iris stood in front of me and looked straight at me .


「Thank you, Kakeru . The case was solved thanks to you」


「It’s solved with this?」


「Yes」


Iris turned around . Her subordinates that finally came swarmed inside .


I thought, I can leave the rest to her .


「Really, thank you so much」


「Don’t mind it」


「Also……thank you」


「Un?」


She told me thanks with a somewhat different tone .


Her expression changed .


There existed not Princess Iris, but just Iris .


A girl who flushed her cheeks .


Her tone became very soft .


「Can I ask, one more thing?」


「Yeah」


I guessed what she would tell me .


「Please……break my engagement」


Iris who relied on me looked very cute .


I pulled her into an embrace and kissed her lips .


「Leave it to me」


I planned to do that from the start .




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