Allrounders!! Chapter 45

“………Uh.”

I forced my hazy consciousness awake.

Tsk. Got blood taste in my mouth since I’ve bit myself.

“As always, you’re quite resistant to magic, aren’t you? Any ordinary person would have slept a whole day.”

I shook my head to sober up since my sight was unfocused.

“……How ’bout not capturin’ against my will, 【Bloody Witch】.” I said to the intelligent beauty with black hair and gray eyes peerin’ down at from above.

“Don’t use that na!”

Looks like the news that I’ve co to this land had been imdiately passed on to her. …Had to be that receptionist missy, I s’pose. ans she’s an underling Bloody Witch had infiltrate there since she got us to head over in this direction.

They had put to sleep on a bed, but I got up and sat down on a nearby sofa.

“O-Oh my? How about allowing your body to rest a bit longer? No matter how sturdy you might be, the spell still hasn’t worn off, has it?”

“Shut it. You think this here’s a situation where I can sleep without a care!?”

Looks like she truly thinks so. But, I’ve got absolutely no clue what’s going to happen if I don’t get out of here at once.

“…So? What’s your business with ?”

After being at a loss for words, Bloody Witch suddenly shouted at , “…What the hell are those golems!? Moreover, just when did you find one with your own personal color!? Spit it out! Where did you find them!”

……Good grief.

“…I had already expected that it might have been ’bout that. Sorry. I didn’t find it. It’s a present.”

Bloody Witch beca speechless.

“There’s this girl who’s got buildin’ golems as a hobby. I got one from her. You see, since it’s her hobby, she only gives ’em to those she likes…or rather, normally she wouldn’t give ’em to anyone else. I an, she’s soone with a few screws loose, sayin’ she’s goin’ to build ’em as a hobby n’ live her remainin’ years while bein’ served by ’em.”

I burst into laughter when rembering it.

“Therefore, that’s all I gotta say ’bout this. Accordin’ to her, anyone callin’ themselves magician or sorcerer should build ’em with their own hands instead of stealin’ from others.”

Her eyes shot up. Seems like she got pissed off as her pride got hurt.

“What was that? Does she understand at whom she’s directing that?”

“No matter who it might be and what they might say, that’s the kind of girl she is. By the way, since her sword skills are at my level, you ain’t got a chance of winnin’ ‘gainst her. Moreover, you won’t find any common sense in her. I’ve got no idea what she’s gonna do once she learns that her partner is bein’ held in a place like this, so hurry it up and let go. Or rather, it’s going to get really dangerous if she goes into a frenzy and uses that big, taboo magic of hers. That said, I’m goin’ back now.”

I can’t really believe that she’d go into a frenzy, considerin’ her usual calm deanor, but if she were to calmly judge that I was dead and use a spell she herself calls “taboo”, things would get really scary.

“There’s no way that I’ll let you go back just like that, is there? Even though I was finally able to et you after such a long ti…”

I ignored her words towards the end. After all, I spotted Ryoku peekin’ into the room from outside the window.

“Ah…shit, it’s already too late.”

“Huh?”

In the next instant, magic was rapidly fired from Ryoku’s right hand. The window fra alongside the surroundin’ wall were blown away. My personal Ryoku entered through the wrecked window.

“Mr. Sword, I’m here to rescue you.”

“Sure…thanks, but I could have made it back myself. Also, I’m sowhat scared to ask, but what about Indra?”

“She’s drawing enemy attention to her by invading through the front door. I think we’ll be able to join up with her in a little while.”

Bloody Witch got hit by the fragnts of the wall and was now covered by dust. Yet, she was standin’ stock still, completely flabbergasted.

“……Hey, just a mont. Didn’t it talk just now? Also, rapid firing magic? Why did it enter through the window? This is a golem, no? It’s no monster, right?”

“He’s a golem. He also sheds his skin, but he’s still a golem.”

…Ah, what can be heard through the door are even more amazin’ sounds of destruction and the panicked screams of people…

Sohow I can’t open the door since it’s scary, but what should I do?

“……It’s sowhat noisy outside…..”

“Get away!”

At once I threw myself on Bloody Witch, who had approached the door, to protect her, resultin’ in us rollin’ across the floor. In the next instant, the entire wall, includin’ the door, exploded and scattered!

The thick clusters of dust were carried away by gusts of wind, and as might only be expected, an expressionless Indra beca visible within the debris.

Ugh, shit. She’s totally pissed.

I stood up while scratchin’ my head.

…Once I staggered a bit, she imdiately rushed over, proppin’ up.

“Hey! You okay!?”

“Rather, I almost got killed by you! Did you know that I was close to the door!?”

“It’s alright. You’re a tough guy, so magic that blows away a wall won’t hurt you.”

“No, it obviously will. Don’t do it anymore, okay?”

Just what do you take for? Don’t judge by your standards. If you were hit by a huge rock, the rock would crumble apart, I’m not that sturdy, okay?

Our eyes t.

I saw anxiety and fear in her eyes.

“……Certainly if things are blown out of proportion, I could experience a thrill going beyond anything far, but I don’t want to experience thrills to such an extent that I’d go as far as endangering your safety.”

Tears welled up in her eyes, and she began to tremble lightly. Once I hugged her, she hugged back.

“…You dummy, so you finally got it, huh?”

“I was scared. You were gone all of a sudden. I was worried whether you’re still alive. It was so frightening.”

As I stroked the sobbin’ girl in my arms, I rembered.

――I used to have a dream. A dream of goin’ on adventures with my friends. Capturin’ dungeons, beatin’ monsters, goin’ on journeys while laughin’ n’ helpin’ each other, and soday we’d beco the strongest with our party’s na being famous across the whole world. Back then my friends and I excitedly talked about such silly dreams and hopes.

But, in reality, only I beca strong. My childhood friends with whom I had ford a party in the beginnin’ grew estrange and started to hate . Our relationship got twisted, and in the end I withdrew from their party myself. And afterwards I couldn’t accept anyone as friend, no matter which party I joined.

I got constantly deceived and exploited.

Because of that, I discarded that dream and started to complete requests by myself. And without noticin’, I beca an S-Rank as solo adventurer at so point, resultin’ in only my na becomin’ famous.

In the sa way, I amassed a big amount of cash without realizin’. Even though I wouldn’t have minded to retire and live sowhere by myself, just like Indra had suggested, I still kept wanderin’ the lands, unable to stop bein’ an adventurer. All because I couldn’t fully give up on the borin’ dream of 【adventuring together with my friends】 that I had lost sowhere along the road.

――That’s the dream I recalled just now.

“It’s still way too early for to croak. I still haven’t found any treasures that might have been hidden by so big bandit. Also, I still didn’t ask the demon king for permission to capture his castle. The value of adventurers lies in adventurerin’ right? So, unless I go on adventures with you, nothin’ is going to start either. ――Wanna go on adventures with ?”

“Mmh.”

I roughly stroked her head.

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So, with this out of the way, I looked around .

Okay, their side was at fault, but she went too far. The mansion of Bloody Witch has turned into a half-ruin. I’m prayin’ that no one got killed, but it’d be a miracle if that wasn’t the case…

After blankly starin’ at us for a while, Bloody Witch seed to finally realize the state of her own mansion, and ran outside while screamin’.

“Hey!? Everyone, are you alright!? Answer if you’re okay!!”

While hearing her voice in the distance, I asked Indra, “……I’m scared to ask, but I s’pose not askin’ isn’t an option…… How many did you kill on the way here?”

“I still haven’t killed anyone. They didn’t seem interested in killing , so I held back on them.”

I breathed out deeply.

“…The way was sowhat forceful and rough, but I got invited into the mansion so far as it goes. Bloody Witch is that kind of a woman… She kidnaps others without carin’ ’bout their circumstances. I sohow wanted to get out of here before bein’ found out by her, but…”

I breathed out once more.

Well, it’s a blessin’ that no one has died. Otherwise we had definitely turned Bloody Witch into an enemy which would have ant war.

I’m certain that we’d have won, but I don’t really feel like killin’ soone I fought side-by-side with in the past.