Chapter 304


    <strong>CHAPTER 304 – AN AGITATED DOGGY</strong>


    On our way back to Reuisu from Dunamis’s “pce” .


    I’m carrying the envelope that holds her “imperial edict”, walking while looking at it .


    「What are you going to do with that?」


    Agnes asked with a lighter tone than usual .


    「I’ll give it to Iris」


    「Princess Iris……one of Teresia’s Twin Flowers, the one in charge of Mercouri’s internal affairs」


    「Yeah」


    「Are you serious?」


    Agnes looked at me .


    She is literallyーーno, she had eyes that even looked as if she’s asking me if I’m out of my mind .


    「I n to, why?」


    「That woman, isn’t she just someone who’s full of herself even calling herself an Emperor, going too far in pretending . Why in the world would you give her something like that」


    「I’ll let Iris judge whether she’s just really pretending or not」


    『Kukuku』


    Eleanorughed amusedly, so I flicked her de with a finger .


    As usual, a beautiful clear sound echoed .


    『What’s the matter, Okaa-san』


    『No, I just wondered who’s this man going to judge . Is it that Emperor, or is it that Princess?』


    I flicked Eleanor with my finger again .


    You’re seeing through me too much .


    If the contents of Dunamis’s imperial edict is just as she said, she’s not all but words .


    Although she could show off her authority calling herself the Emperor, the idea of improving the road from the viewpoint of logistics would note out of nowhere .


    In fact, I saw some parts of the roads around Reiusu that are obsolete just like she said .


    It’s true that it is better to fix them .


    In fact, as a person who has a mansion situated in Reiusu, I found it as a reasonable mand” .


    『And you would judge what Princess Iris would do after seeing thatーーhow distasteful』


    I gave her another flick of my finger .


    I’m not being distasteful, it’s trustーーI thought, but I didn’t say it out loud .


    More importantly, I found something that made me more curious .


    Agnes, a skilled adventurer who has a huge sword as a weapon, walking beside me .


    For some reason, she’s making a disgruntled face .


    「What’s the matter?」


    「Eh?」


    「You somewhat seem to be in a bad mood」


    「YouーーI-It’s nothing!」


    Agnes quickly looked away .


    She faced the other direction, but I could see her ear red to its base .


    「Is someone like that……your type or something?」


    I heard her muttering something again .


    I wondered what she meant, does she mean it like “that”ーーbut when I was thinking like that .


    Ahead of us, I saw a wriggling green color .


    It’s not the grass on the ground swayed by the wind . It’s arge group of Rotten Slimes .


    I took a quick nce and counted roughly 300 of them .


    「There’s still this manyーーno, I should say that they increased this much . Well, of course the guild would take action」


    「Eh?」


    「Look」


    I pointed with my finger . Agnes also noticed the group of Rotten Slimes .


    「It’s true……what in the world is happening」


    「Who knows . Well then, there’s the thing with Dunamis’s imperial edict to, so let’s clean them up since we’ve already met them」


    I held Eleanor and Hikari tightly .


    「Let’s do this, Eleanor, Hikari」


    『Kukuku, you are going to use me for a woman huh』


    『Hikari will do her best?! O-chan and the others can go out any time?』


    The mother and daughter Demon Swords showed eagerness . I was about to charge, but .


    Agnes attacked the Rotten Slimes using her huge sword even quicker than I did .


    She seemed to be not affected by her huge sword that looks quite heavy . She charged towards them with considerable speed, swinging her sword as soon as she reached her attacking distance, then swung it around horizontally .


    She swept away several Rotten Slimes by making use of the centrifugal force made by swinging her huge sword around, but she created an opening at the same time . A different slime attacked her taking advantage of that opening .


    「Tch!」


    It can’t be helped .


    I stomped the ground, rushing towards her and cleaving through the several slimes that attacked her .


    「T-That was unneeded!」


    「The way you move is especially not suitable for fighting by yourself」


    Just like before we went to Dunamis’s ce, I created clones and reproduced Io’s party’s movements .


    I copied Agnes who charged in, cleaved around, and fall into a tight spot again .


    The clones that acted as Julia and Io supported that clone .


    「Do you understand now? There’s no problem since it would be like that when you’re in a party . However, you should change your movements when you’re fighting alone」


    Agnes hesitated, she stopped moving .


    She had an expression of not knowing what to do .


    I stopped creating clones and put Hikari back to her sheatheーーI’m now only using Eleanor .


    I shed, dodged, waited for a moment, then shed again .


    「Taking turns……you should think of it as having different exchanges . Just like how you created an opening when you attacked, most of your enemies are the same . You should deal with the enemy’s attack, blocking or parrying, then counterattack」


    「……!」


    Although Agnes made a frustrated frown for an instant, she fixed her grip on her sword, and charged towards the Rotten Slimes again .


    This time, she didn’t charge without thinking . She closed the distance, waited for the enemy’s attack to fumble, then counterattacked .


    Her movements got a lot better .


    Unlike her first charge attack that looked dangerous from the beginning, she’s now fighting reliably enough .


    「……」


    Agnes nced at me .


    I felt that I was being asked if what she’s doing is fine .


    No, it’s not in that level . She’s not just asking me that .


    I know that look in her eyes . I know a few women who had that look .


    『Kukuku, she’s as if a doggy who wants to be praised』


    Eleanor said amusingly .


    I felt the same .


    “I did it as you told me you know? Praise me, praise me?”


    An impossible tone was yed using Agnes’s voice inside my head .


    She looked at me just like that .


    「You’re doing fine . However, you should get better . Even enemies who attack as a group has breaks within attacking and defending just like when fighting an individual . You should train yourself to be able to do that」


    「H-Hmph! I know that!」


    Agnes scoffed and looked away . She continued to sh at the Rotten Slimes .


    Although she was red to the base of her ears .


    “It was really like that,” I thought .


    The group of Rotten Slimes naturally got into two smaller groups . Half of them attacked Agnes, but they were yed around by her new movements, gradually reducing their numbers .


    Seeing her fight reliably .


    I looked at the remaining half of the Rotten Slimes, and moved faster than any one of them .


    Chopping all of them with my Demon Sword .


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