Rosa's perspective
We dismounted from our horses, climbed over the collapsed wall, and ran to Kumayuru-chan and the others.
"Prim-chan!" (Rosa)
"Um, Rosa and Blitz?" (Prim)
Prim-chan noticed us.
"What's going on? Who is that guy?" (Rosa)
I approached the fallen man.
The man was emaciated and bleeding from his chest.
A knife was lying nearby.
"You did it!?" (Rosa)
I asked the knight.
"It's my knife, but Riyan-san stabbed himself." (Knight)
"It's true. It's not him." (Maid)
The maid also told him to protect the man.
In order to understand the situation, I briefly asked Prim-chan about the current situation.
I was able to meet Prim's older sister, Rhone.
I was able to meet Rhone's partner Riyan.
Then, Beilung the lord found out that Yuna-chan was Prim-chan's partner, and he decided to fight Yuna-chan in order to make Prim-chan his own.
While Yuna-chan and Beilung were fighting, these two brought Riyan, who was sleeping in the basement.
And that Riyan stabbed himself in the chest with a knife.
The lord, Beilung, went crazy and Rhone fainted.
Rhone was currently being carried on Kumayuru-chan's back.
While I was listening to Prim-chan's story, Blitz was treating a man named Riyan who had collapsed. While Blitz was treating the man, he saw various patterns drawn on the man's body.
Maybe this was the magic circle Prim-chan was talking about.
"Blitz, his condition is..." (Rosa)
Blitz shook his head.
"He's barely alive, but it's only a matter of time." (Blitz)
I remembered what the city looked like.
Not everyone could afford to help others these days.
There was nothing we could do for them now.
I looked around. The person who was supposed to have gone to the mansion with her was missing.
"Prim-chan, I can’t see Noa-chan." (Rosa)
"She is……" (Prim)
"Kuu~n" (Kumayuru)
Kumayuru-chan cried at Prim-chan.
"I know. Well, Noa is safe, don't worry." (Prim)
"Is that so?" (Rosa)
"Yeah, it's a safe place." (Prim)
If that's what she said, then I wouldn't worry about Noa-chan for now. Now we had to solve the current problems one by one.
"For now, let's get out of here." (Rosa)
Two people were fighting in the back.
There was a gust of wind and it was dangerous to be here.
"Kuu~n" (Kumakyu)
Kumakyu-chan approached and bent down next to the fallen man.
"Do you mean to put him on your back?" (Rosa)
"Kuu~n" (Kumakyu)
It was not a good idea to move it, but I couldn't just leave him lying here like this.
I didn't know when Yuna-chan's magic would come flying at him.
Blitz and I slowly put the man on Kumakyu-chan's back and left the area where Yuna-chan and the other were fighting.
A man dressed as a knight also asked us if we had calmed down.
"Hey, who are you guys?" (Knight)
"She's an adventurer who came to help Prim's sister." ()
Blitz turned his attention to Rhone, who was unconscious on Kumayuru's back with Prim, and the knight and maid also turned their attention.
"Rhone-sama's sister... So, are you guys going to take Rhone-sama with you?" (Knight)
"Oh, that's my intention. That's my promise to Prim." ()
"The smoke outside the city..." (Knight)
The knight looked outside the mansion.
Blitz and I nodded.
"I'm sorry, but I had to destroy the device that steals magic from the residents."
"But they were set up in places that even the knights didn't know about, so I couldn't destroy them all."
If we could have destroyed everything, we would have been able to stop the man fighting Yuna-chan.
There were also holes in guild masters's information.
The knight looked like he wanted to say something, but closed his mouth tightly.
Since the knight didn't say anything, Blitz turned his attention to the battle between Yuna-chan and Lord Beilung.
The battle between both of them moved quickly and the exchange of magic was fierce, so there was no chance for us to get in. If we got into the fight between the two, we would get in Yuna's way.
Blitz was watching the fight between the two with a suspicious expression.
"What happened?" (Rosa)
"Yuna's fight is strange" (Blitz)
I watched Yuna-chan's fight, but I didn't know what was wrong.
But Blitz next to me said, "Again."
"What, again?" (Rosa)
"There are times when Yuna's movements slow down even though she has an opening to attack." (Blitz)
I understood from the word "again" several times during Blitz.
It was true that she was hesitating at the timing of the attack.
However, Yuna-chan and Beilung moved so fast that I couldn't tell unless someone told me.
"I see..." (Blitz)
Blitz had a satisfied look on his face.
"Do you know something?" (Rosa)
"Rosa probably has experience, too. About the first time you killed someone." (Blitz)
I understood in Blitz's words.
The first time I killed someone was when I became an adventurer and gained a certain amount of experience.
At that time, we were escorting a merchant.
Traveling between cities was generally safe. Many people passed by, so monsters were expelled. But that didn't mean monsters wouldn't appear.
Merchants hired adventurers to buy safety.
I thought it was an easy job until then.
But instead of being attacked by monsters, we were attacked by thieves.
I was noticed because I was a female adventurer.
I fought with all my might against the attacking thieves. And I killed someone for the first time. The thief was in pain as his whole body was burned by my fire magic. In the end, he died while saying, "It hurts."
I killed someone for the first time.
He was a thief. There was no other choice.
If I hadn't killed him, I would have been killed.
For a while after that, I couldn't eat anything, and the man with a burnt face appeared in my dreams over and over again.
"It's nostalgic." (Rosa)
The switch had now been made.
I would show no mercy to those who came to kill me.
If I got confused, not only myself but my friends would be in danger. It would betray the trust of the person who asked you to protect him.
A senior adventurer told me that if you got confused, you would just die. And I was told that if you didn't want to die, you should be prepared to kill.
Instead of thinking about the person you killed, you were told to look at the face of the person you protected at the time.
The people he helped and protected thanked him.
I had been saved by their words of gratitude and smiles.
"If you keep being an adventurer, you'll run into trouble someday." (Blitz)
"Yes, but Yuna-chan is still a child, isn't she?" (Rosa)
A girl dressed as a cute bear.
A girl who was stronger than her appearance.
A girl who defeated strong monsters all by herself.
Stronger than me and Blitz.
But she was a 15-year-old girl.
When I was 15 years old, I was learning magic and that was when I defeated Wolf for the first time.
I still remembered the fear I felt at that time.
"Then it's your role as a senior adventurer."
"Yes, if you have a senior adventurer nearby who can take your place, you can replace him."
Blitz and I walked towards the two people fighting.
Yuna's perspective
My bear's wind magic attacked Beilung. Belung used similar wind magic to cancel it. I knew it could be cancelled. While I was distracted by magic, I went around and kicked Beilung away.
Beilung lost his balance.
If I just release the bear magic...
A moment's hesitation caused a delay in action.
Beilung immediately stood up and attacked.
No matter how much I punched or kicked, he wouldn't lose consciousness. For a normal person, it would be over in one hit.
I thought I would have to break Beilung's limbs to stop him, but it felt like I was punching a piece of rubber, probably because it had been strengthened by magic.
I created a tornado around Beilung.
Beilung's body was carved, and blood spray danced around.
As Beilung's mana increased, a wind swirled around Beilung and erased my tornado.
Furthermore, the wounds carved on his body was healed.
The half-hearted attack forces Beilung to use his mana, causing Rhone to suffer. The residents' mana was being taken away.
I chose not to think about anything.
I punched and kicked Beilung. Beilung was sent flying backwards. At the right time, I released the bear's wind magic.
Beilung's right arm, which was holding his sword, flew while spewing blood.
It was my first time cutting someone's arm off. My heart trembled.
But Beilung didn't stop. When he extended his other arm, he emitted a swirl of flame.
I used wind magic to blow away Beilung's flames and grabbed my mithril knife. Then, I started running towards Beilung and went around from his blind spot where he didn't have an arm.
I gripped the mithril knife tightly and thrusted it towards Beilung's chest.
Just thrust this knife into the heart and it'll be over.
When I stretched out my arm and was about to stab the knife into Beilung's body, a sword stucked out from Beilung's chest.
The magic stone in Beilung's chest cracked and he spat out blood.
"...Blitz?" (Yuna)
It was Blitz who stabbed Belung in the back with his sword.
"Yuna, that's too bad. I take the best part." (Blitz)
I understood Blitz's words.
Blitz stabbed Beilung with his sword.
Beilung was stabbed in the chest with a sword and fell to the ground.
When I looked around, I saw Rosa too.
I didn't notice Blitz and Rosa-san coming.