With Rishia wanting to become stronger, I had her become a slave in order to apply the effects of Slave Growth Correction.
I check her status, feeling a little guilty.
“…?”
What is this… they’re not much different to my status even though I’m a hero! Or rather, how many ferocious members does Itsuki’s party have for her to just be part of the farm team with all these abilities?
T/N: “Farm Team” as in sport players who aren’t part of the main team, essentially “in training”.
This status magic thing is starting to look really vague and unbelievable. Or… is it because of her personality that she’s not able to demonstrate her abilities?
As I was thinking about that, we started training.
—
Eventually, the other heroes began to abandon their training. At that time…
“You all will eventually come to rely on me. Until then, it’ll be a brief farewell.”
What’s up with that line, Itsuki? Even if that’s your way of showing unwillingness to admit defeat, that still doesn’t make sense.
I can’t even picture a situation like that happening.
Having reached the limit of my patience, I decided to try out one possible course of option.
“You guys, wait. If you can beat one of my comrades, I’ll let you do whatever you want.”
The Queen approached trying to say something, but she stopped at my words before coming to talk to me more discreetly.
“Iwatani-sama, do you have something in mind?”
“To an extent. It fringes on being possible, somewhat. If all else fails, I can just send Raphtalia.”
For that reason, I went back to my companions who were in the midst of training.
—
“Is Rishia here?”
“Fueee?”
I called Rishia out of Raphtalia’s group who were practicing swordsmanship at the training grounds.
“W-what is it?” Rishia approached me, looking terrified.
Damn, I really want her to take off the Pekkul Kigurumi for good already.
“Listen, sit over there and catch your breath.”
“Y-yes.”
Following my instructions, Rishia sits down and takes a deep breath.
Now then… I put a string through a ring before hanging it in front of Rishia, letting it swing consistently like a pendulum.
“You are getting sleepy…”
“Na- Naofumi-sama, what are you doing?”
“Hmm? I figured I’d try imitating hypnotizing her.”
If the issue stems from her personality, I think hypnosis could solve the problem if she were to get into a hypnotic state.
Of course, the odds of success are slim. To be honest, I’m thinking of having Raphtalia beat up the heroes instead.
“Fueeee…” Rishia, whose eyes had been following the swaying pendulum, began to lower her head before slumping forward.
Huh? Did that actually work?
“You are the world’s strongest user of the Hengen Musou style, a berserker who can’t control her impulses when she sees someone strong.”
“Naofumi-sama, wouldn’t it be better to stop already?”
Just as Raphtalia warned me, the eyes of the kigurumi Rishia was wearing glowed, and Rishia stood up!
—
“Sorry to keep you waiting.” I held onto my aching abdomen as I approached the heroes.
“Who is that in such a ridiculous outfit?” Itsuki muttered while laughing at Rishia wearing a Pekkul Kigurumi.
“Fight this guy and try to win, then we can talk.”
“… Okay. Don’t start crying once you witness my power then!”
Itsuki distances himself from his companions and prepares his bow.
“Then let the battle… begin!”
The battle was settled in the blink of an eye. With Rishia instantly closing the gap between them before swinging her sword with a flash, striking Itsuki.
“Eh—”
Itsuki, who was knocked back from the impact, fell to the ground with a thud and lost his consciousness without knowing what had happened.
“𝔸𝕙𝕒, 𝕒𝕙𝕒𝕙𝕒𝕙𝕒𝕙𝕒! 𝕀 𝕒𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕤𝕥! 𝕀𝕥𝕤𝕦𝕜𝕚-𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕒! 𝔸𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘! 𝕀’𝕧𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕞𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣!”
Rishia let out a roar of victory as she spoke, though none of her words would reach the ears of the unconscious Itsuki.
“Are you—Rishia!?”
“The crime of hurting Itsuki-sama… Is worthy of death!”
Itsuki’s companions charged towards Rishia, fuming with rage, but she took them head on and simply trampled on them as if they were nothing.
“NOOOO! S-Stop it! I don’t like you! You’re scary!”
With the trauma of yanderes assaulting Motoyasu’s mind, he began to shake violently on the spot before crouching down in fear. Meanwhile Bitch and her friends attempted to escape from the scene that was turning into a disaster before getting caught by the Queen.
“Hmph! I just have to defeat her! Shooting Star—”
Reacting to Ren’s bloodlust, Rishia immediately responded by stabbing her sword into Ren’s hand.
“GAAAAAAGH!”
“𝔸𝕒𝕒𝕙, 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕀𝕥𝕤𝕦𝕜𝕚-𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕒? 𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕘𝕟𝕚𝕫𝕖 𝕞𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕘-𝔻𝔼𝕊𝕌!”
Her psychotic tone made that last word sound like DEATH to me.
I, too, am in pain from just one strike from Rishia.
What a birth for a crazed berserker.
“Um… Naofumi-sama, what are you going to do about this situation…”
“Well… in all honesty, I think I overdid it.”
Itsuki remains unconscious. Rishia’s attack hit him in a bad spot.
Motoyasu is still trembling from his fear of yanderes, and he’ll likely need some time before he recovers.
Ren, having suffered heavy injuries, now had to focus on his treatment.
“I was able to prove that Rishia is strong to Itsuki, so I guess it’s all good?”
“I’d say it’s a massive failure.”
I think so too, but it can’t be helped anymore.
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Conclusion: The three heroes are defeated!
