Chapter 82 – Prasion
The battle was reaching its climax.
Natsuo, who continued to look down on the battlefield from the top of the clock tower, clenched his fists.
······What should I say about this?
When he came to his senses, he found himself watching the battle endlessly.
When I see something like this, I can’t help but be stunned.
The battle going on right in front of them was so great. No matter who saw it, it wasn’t a level that could compare to Natsuo.
Karen’s ability to handle holy cavalry, output, situation judgment, none of them are lacking.
Moreover, it is Natsuo who controlled Karen’s holy cavalry for a long time. Thanks to that, I had no choice but to know better what a great battle that man was fighting now.
Could it be that he is from a knight whom he had only heard about?
Anyway, good. Natsuo watched the man’s battle with mixed eyes.
Natsuo couldn’t take his eyes off his battle.
It was because, in a way, he could say that that was the destination he wanted to reach.
Overwhelming strength to persevere through the front in any situation.
Natsuo wanted that kind of power. I wanted to save people with the ability to overwhelm bugs like that man.
Is that why? Natsuo envied that man’s strength.
But at the same time I was afraid.
Why is such a great man dating Karen?
It’s an awe-inspiring skill, but the more I do it, the more I feel like I’m choking on his throat.
It was because he was tormented by a sense of crisis that he might be deprived of something he had taken for granted.
“…Is that guy Karen’s current coupling partner?”
Your lips taste like blood.
Nervousness and fear crept into his chest whenever Karen’s gendarmes slayed the bugs.
It has to be.
There is a pilot of that level, but can I become Karen’s coupling partner again just because I return to the unit?
If Rien made a sensible decision, she would definitely keep Karen and that man as a couple. Because it will be more helpful to the troop power.
This is not simply an area to reach out emotionally.
If he were a commander, he would appoint that man even for his troops.
Then I…? How is it going?
If this is the case, who am I supposed to pair up with?
Could it be that if I returned to the unit like this, would I have to do a coupling with another unit member instead of Karen?
No, I don’t like that. Absolutely hate it.
I don’t want to give Karen to another man. His coupling partner is only me.
Only then did Natsuo feel the honest feelings he had been trying to deny.
It is unacceptable for a child I have liked since the agency to couple with a man I do not even know. She didn’t even like that Karen said she trusted that guy in the first place.
Karen’s trust, kindness, gaze… All of them.
Only for me… It would be nice to head
Natsuo wanted Karen to continue looking after him. Just like she always did with the institution. Natsuo had always been by her side since ancient times.
But why did it happen like this?
Even if you think about it yourself, childlike emotions that are childish are slowly rising,
Before long, from the edge of the city, strange forms of holy cavalry began to appear one by one. They were holy cavalrymen from another unit.
It seems that reinforcements have finally arrived.
It’s a little late, but anyway, the battle will end safely with this. Natsuo was relieved by that fact.
No, not exactly.
Today, Karen was relieved to know that she no longer had to fight the bugs by coupling with that man.
It was so painful to watch those two people fight while breathing together.
But that was then.
───Kikiiik
Surprised by the creepy murder running down his spine, Natsuo hurriedly looked around.
Just then, she suddenly saw a distant spider twist her body and aim her muzzle this way.
Why are you here all of a sudden?
I’m afraid to ask such a question.
Before long, fire erupted from the spider’s muzzle.
2.
She was a fearless human being. She was leisurely watching the battle from a position where even the slightest mistake could cost her life. The monster, who was curious about it, observed the unknown boy with curious eyes.
For some reason, the boy was nervous.
At first, I thought it was because the white holy cavalry fighting in the city was dangerous, but the more I observed it, the more I knew it wasn’t like that.
What was peeking behind his nervous face was the dark, unmatched negative emotion unique to humans.
The monster knows That it resembles eyes that are jealous of something.
In the meantime, the monsters have seen too many foolishness of humans causing conflicts with each other, saying that their thoughts and inclinations do not match.
Now the boy had those eyes.
So the monster got curious.
Why?
Why does that boy have those eyes?
What does it have to do with that pure white sex cavalry?
Unfortunately, the monster didn’t know that far.
It was difficult to read people’s emotions and thoughts. I am only inferring from experience. The human head was not a realm that monsters could fully comprehend.
However, I suddenly thought that it might be a good opportunity.
3.
Consciousness is blurred. The line between skin and air completely collapsed, and Karen felt as though she would soon melt into thin air.
How many spiders have you killed so far?
30? 40?
No, it’s more than that. I don’t know the exact number, but it was clear that they killed a lot anyway. In fact, he alone fulfilled the role of two or three platoons.
─These guys…! Are we really going to just ignore it and aim for Netoru!
– Sister Karen! Are you okay!?
Chandler and other members of the unit do their best to help, but the bugs ignore them and openly target only Karen and Netoru.
“Haaaaa…”
It’s painful to breathe. The mana nervous system was in a hot state from the continued maneuvering. Every time I put Netoru’s magical power into my body, my lower stomach screamed and throbbed.
─···Reinforcements have just arrived on the outskirts of the city! Please hold on a little longer!
Rien, who may have been observing the situation over here, spoke in an urgent voice. But Karen couldn’t afford to listen to the news.
······Really.
This was the first time I’d been hit with such a concentrated attack by bugs. Karen ran her wet hair through her sweat, checking her surroundings.
Even now, at this very moment, bugs are closing in on all sides. Trampling on the corpses of his comrades without hesitation. It can’t be that they’re really boring guys.
No matter how many times I killed Karen, I couldn’t help but feel nervous about the offensive of the guys who pushed me endlessly.
Fear creeps in Now this is the limit.
But Karen shook her head and suppressed her weakness.
At times like these, she only needs to trust Netoru.
If he did, he would surely be able to overcome this crisis as usual. The appearances he showed in the past month were enough to make Karen have such faith.
“Ha···. Ugh… Netoru. Reinforcements have arrived.”
“···Ah. I just heard.”
“Good···. We······.”
Let’s give it a little more strength. Karen, who was about to speak, shut her mouth in the middle. It was because I felt something strange that I was reluctant to say.
So Karen looked back.
And soon, her black eyes wavered, and both of them opened wide.
“···You.”
Netoru’s complexion is not good. His already desolate eyes felt even more dry.
But suddenly our eyes met and he spoke in a calm voice as usual.
“… Karen. Focus on the fight Because it’s not over yet.”
“Hey···. Now, hold on… Ugh!”
I tried to say something, but Netoru pulled the control rod as if scolding me not to care.
But Karen couldn’t comply with his request. How am I supposed to focus even when I just saw it?
I don’t know since when, but blood was flowing from the corners of Netoru’s mouth.
Besides, the area around the nape of the suit’s neck was both black and bright red, as if it had already been quite some time. As soon as the blood hardened, new blood was painting the color.
Karen knows this symptom. This is magical exhaustion.
If that’s enough to vomit blood like this… At least it wasn’t something to be taken lightly. So, how hard is this guy fighting right now?
“Don’t worry. It will last long enough until reinforcements arrive.”
Even so, this guy treats me like a kid. It was really absurd to see her brazenly smiling as usual to reassure her opponent.
Only then did Karen realize what a stupid idea she had just been thinking.
She stopped the advance of the bugs with all her might,
She slayed her Death Worm with an enormous mana-eating venereal weapon.
And because that’s not enough, they are constantly fighting a battle with a bunch of bugs made up of spiders.
It was a series of battles that wouldn’t be strange if she was an ordinary human being, even if she had already fought a long time ago.
Netoru, this guy is definitely a great pilot.
But that doesn’t mean he wasn’t a perfect superman who could do everything by himself.
After all, this guy was also human.
But Netoru never stopped.
As if to prove his word not to worry, he fought back and defeated the bugs that kept coming.
So again, the corpses of bugs pile up.
Even as he vomited blood, instead of lowering the Holy Cavalry’s output at all, it rather became fiercer.
Karen said right away she wanted to tell him to spare himself a little bit. But she couldn’t. I could feel his strong will through the coupling. So at this moment, there was only one thing Karen could do.
Trusting Netoru until the end and fulfilling one’s role faithfully. The mana he pushes into his body is filled up, and he somehow draws it out with the power of the genital cavalry.
How long could such an endless fight last?
Yet.
───How many did you kill by yourself? We’ll be dealing with you from now on, so get back.
A sharp voice reaches my ears.
After breaking through the siege of the spiders who attacked again and again, a holy cavalryman began to appear. This is where the holy cavalry from another unit that was waiting for arrived.
It was a familiar voice. Could it be that Carlyle is that man?
Anyway, it’s good anyway.
Netoru, perhaps at his limit now, started falling back as soon as reinforcements arrived. Fortunately, the bugs that had been relentlessly following were no longer able to catch up when other Holy Troopers blocked them.
“…This, I was quite overdoing it today.”
“Are you… Are you okay?”
“Well···. Honestly, it might not be okay.”
As Karen listened to the helpless voice of Toru, she was somehow upset. When has this guy ever been so weak?
In fact, Karen felt that his mana entering her body was weaker than ever. I no longer feel the tight pressure on her lower abdomen.
That’s how the output of the holy cavalry was lowered to the minimum while slowly falling into the rear.
──── Boom!
Suddenly, gunfire rang out not far away.
Karen hurriedly looked around her to see if Spider was after her.
However, the target of Spider’s bombardment was a completely different place. The place where the explosion occurred was a clock tower quite far away. Relieved by that fact, Karen tilted her head.
What is it
Why are the bugs suddenly attacking over there?
It was the moment when such a question came to mind.
“Huh!?”
Karen could feel the violent maneuvering of Netoru, who suddenly tugged at her control rod. At the same time, his weak mana, which had been felt until just now, began to fill the lower abdomen deeply.
“Yes, Netoru…? Go, why suddenly!?”
“Look up at the clock tower.”
“…?”
Look above the clock tower?
Following his words, Karen took a closer look at the clock tower.
Soon after, she was able to find it.
‘···What? Why is Natsuo over there?’
Above the half-collapsed clock tower, Natsuo is precariously holding on so as not to fall to the ground.
And around Natsuo, bugs were gathering one by one, forming a dense formation. It looked as if anyone was taking Natsuo hostage.
So Karen could feel it instinctively.
Those guys are calling back Netoru, who is trying to run away, using Natsuo as bait.
And Netoru would know that well.
As he ran towards Natsuo without hesitation, he coughed up handfuls of blood and said quietly.
“I’m not sure why he’s not at the shelter and he’s hanging out there.”
He gripped the steering wheel firmly. And at that moment, his thoughts and emotions flowed through the coupling.
“Karen. We made a promise earlier.”
On the subject of not being able to do it, as if he had a clear will to keep what he said.
“Natsuo, I will protect that guy somehow.”
Karen felt indescribable emotions surge inside her chest. It was sorry, thankful, and something that made my heart pound.
“···Huh. I believe in you.”
Karen smiled softly and nodded her head.
