[Marina, Rescued]
With Marina in their captivity, it seemed the enemies thought we wouldn’t fight back. They grew more and more arrogant.
“Hehehe, isn’t this exhilarating… who could have thought a day would come when the son of the Albers House wouldn’t even dare to bark before us?”
“…You know me?”
“But of course. Our client seems to really hate your house.”
Did that mean the mastermind held a grudge against the Albers House?
…But I hadn’t a single clue of who it might be.
In the original novel, the Albers House’s reputation was smeared in mud only because of Barrett. Father was a just person. In fact, when Raul exposed Barrett’s evil deeds, he was so enraged that he immediately disowned Barrett.
Which meant… could this be an unjustified resentment?
But if that was the case, it’d be more difficult to narrow down the mastermind.
“Okay. For starters, how about you drop your weapons?”
“…Alright.”
Obeying the man’s request, Raul and I let go of our swords.
――But at that instant…
“Young Masteeeeeeeeeeeeeer!”
I heard Marina’s scream from far away.
When I shifted my gaze in the direction of the voice, I spotted Marina running over. It seemed she had exploited this opportunity to escape.
“Don’t worry about me. Please take them down!!!”
Marina screamed with all her strength.
She probably didn’t want to be a burden to me, but—that wasn’t the case. Both Raul and I had come all the way here to rescue her, after all.
“?! You knuckleheads! I told you to keep an eye on her! Grab her!” The leader ordered his subordinates.
They promptly tried to catch Marina—but it was too late. They collapsed to the ground one after another.
“W-what?!”
“How unfortunate for you.”
It was Raul’s doing.
As soon as he saw Marina was free, he swiftly picked up the Demon Sword and attacked the men. –Of course, he had just knocked them unconscious. We needed to get the info about the mastermind from them.
–I wasn’t just standing around and watching, either.
I immediately grabbed the Holy Sword and rushed toward Marina.
“Shit! You leave me no choice—kill them all!” The leader barked, and instantly, a barrage of arrows shot toward us.
But with the Holy Sword in my hand, such attacks were meaningless to me.
Just as I got to Marina, countless arrows tried to strike us both—but they all halted in mid-air and fell harmlessly to the ground.
“W-what’s going on?!”
“Do you not know about gravity magic?”
Gravity magic was classified as an attributeless magic.
Only a handful of people in the world could wield it, but… it sure was convenient.
The strongest magicians in this world may just be the attributeless magicians—wait, it couldn’t be used to attack; it was probably mainly used to help cultivate the land.
With the tables turned, I was free enough to have such idle thoughts.
“Well, looks like this is over.”
“Grrr…”
Maybe the leader realized there was nothing more he could do? He sank to his knees.
Well, it seemed like this incident had come to a resolution.
[Marina, Rescued]
With Marina in their captivity, it seemed the enemies thought we wouldn’t fight back. They grew more and more arrogant.
“Hehehe, isn’t this exhilarating… who could have thought a day would come when the son of the Albers House wouldn’t even dare to bark before us?”
“…You know me?”
“But of course. Our client seems to really hate your house.”
Did that mean the mastermind held a grudge against the Albers House?
…But I hadn’t a single clue of who it might be.
In the original novel, the Albers House’s reputation was smeared in mud only because of Barrett. Father was a just person. In fact, when Raul exposed Barrett’s evil deeds, he was so enraged that he immediately disowned Barrett.
Which meant… could this be an unjustified resentment?
But if that was the case, it’d be more difficult to narrow down the mastermind.
“Okay. For starters, how about you drop your weapons?”
“…Alright.”
Obeying the man’s request, Raul and I let go of our swords.
――But at that instant…
“Young Masteeeeeeeeeeeeeer!”
I heard Marina’s scream from far away.
When I shifted my gaze in the direction of the voice, I spotted Marina running over. It seemed she had exploited this opportunity to escape.
“Don’t worry about me. Please take them down!!!”
Marina screamed with all her strength.
She probably didn’t want to be a burden to me, but—that wasn’t the case. Both Raul and I had come all the way here to rescue her, after all.
“?! You knuckleheads! I told you to keep an eye on her! Grab her!” The leader ordered his subordinates.
They promptly tried to catch Marina—but it was too late. They collapsed to the ground one after another.
“W-what?!”
“How unfortunate for you.”
It was Raul’s doing.
As soon as he saw Marina was free, he swiftly picked up the Demon Sword and attacked the men. –Of course, he had just knocked them unconscious. We needed to get the info about the mastermind from them.
–I wasn’t just standing around and watching, either.
I immediately grabbed the Holy Sword and rushed toward Marina.
“Shit! You leave me no choice—kill them all!” The leader barked, and instantly, a barrage of arrows shot toward us.
But with the Holy Sword in my hand, such attacks were meaningless to me.
Just as I got to Marina, countless arrows tried to strike us both—but they all halted in mid-air and fell harmlessly to the ground.
“W-what’s going on?!”
“Do you not know about gravity magic?”
Gravity magic was classified as an attributeless magic.
Only a handful of people in the world could wield it, but… it sure was convenient.
The strongest magicians in this world may just be the attributeless magicians—wait, it couldn’t be used to attack; it was probably mainly used to help cultivate the land.
With the tables turned, I was free enough to have such idle thoughts.
“Well, looks like this is over.”
“Grrr…”
Maybe the leader realized there was nothing more he could do? He sank to his knees.
Well, it seemed like this incident had come to a resolution.
