I Was a Sword When I Reincarnated Chapter 616

With the disappearance of the magic stone weapon, the eerie magic that had been shrouding the temple disappeared.

But we couldn’t afford to be relieved yet.

(Master, are you okay?)

『...I’m fine, I’d say...』

I was actually not that good.

I managed to get out of the disorientation of absorbing a large amount of magic power, but because I pushed myself too hard, I was losing a lot of my capacity as a normal sword.

My durability had drastically reduced and it didn’t start to recover at all. It was also obvious that my self-repair ability was not working as a small chip remained on my blade.

It’s probably a backlash from overusing the Divine Attribute.

『Honestly, it’s pretty dangerous for to engage him in combat right now』

(Okay)

Zelyse was still stunned, but we didn’t know when he would attack us.

That was what I thought, but what Zelyse said next was completely different from what I had imagined.

「Haha... Ahahahah! Amazing! You’re amazing, Fran-san! As expected of you!」

He started laughing, truly enjoying the scene. It wasn’t a pretense. He really ant it.

As I’d thought, I’d never understood the inside of this guy’s brain.

「Uwaah~. You see, that from that tiline was really wary of you. And now I finally understand what he ans. I’m sure, Fran-san had given him a pretty hard ti」

What did he an? The current Zelyse and that Zelyse are in cahoots, right? But based on what he just said, it sounded like he didn’t know the details of why Zelyse from that tiline was wary of Fran.

「That Zelyse?」

「Do you want to know what kind of relationship that and I had, Fran-san?」

「Partner? I already hate Zelyse when there’s only one of it, but it’s even worse when there’s two of it」

「O-one of ‘it’...?」

「Cause you’re just like a pest 」

「A-ahaha! That’s harsh!」

(TLN: She’s using 匹 (hiki) which is a counter for an animal. It’s how Japanese playfully insult each other)

Fran was talking badly of him. She was in a very bad mood. She was probably feeling very angry at Zelyse for irresponsibly trying to break the seal of the great magic beast.

「W-well, regardless of what Fran-san think of ――」

「Shitty insect」

「Oh, co on! You might think that Zelyse from that tiline and I were, at best, or maybe comrades in research? But we have a surprisingly dry relationship, you know? We don’t even get along as well as what Fran-san might think of us」

「Why? You can avoid any mistakes if you listened to him, right?」

「Because that’s gonna be boring」

That again. But I guess that was a part of Zelyse’s principles that could never be changed.

「To know what would happen and move accordingly? That’s boring! Besides, the future can be changed so easily. Especially since Zelos Reed and Romio from that tiline are here too」

That was certainly true. In fact, because of Sierra’s action, Romio and Zelos Reed have not been captured by Zelyse.

「It’s too dangerous to move based on such vague information, right? That’s why I rarely ask that what had happened in the previous tiline. At most, I only ask for data on his research results」

So, the current Zelyse had heard very little information from Zelyse from that tiline.

「The future is also aware of that. So, he doesn’t force to get any information from him. It’s very convenient that we’re on the sa page, isn’t it? A single word and we understand each other」

Indeed, normally, soone would try to tell themselves exactly what happened in another tiline.

At least if it were , I’d definitely give my other self the details.

「But you see, there’s one person that the future is very cautious about, or rather, soone who’d keep interfering with my plans. And I haven’t heard any details other than that, but it seems, that person had given that a lot of trouble in that tiline」

「And that person, was ?」

「That’s right. Take the incident in Barbra for example, that’s where I first t you. I was planning to let a lot of magic stone soldiers rampage in there」

「A lot?」

「I had a hundred of them ready to go, you know? But that insisted that I shouldn’t do that because it would have been a waste of resources. He insisted that we should use the magic stones for other projects, and so we changed our plans」

I see. Maybe Zelyse from that tiline had deployed a large number of magic stone soldiers at Barbra, only to have them wiped out by Fran. But from the way he put it, it must have had little to no effect for him.

If there was no significant difference in the results, and if Zelyse could save his precious magic stones, it was certainly better to give up the use of magic stone soldiers in Barbra.

It was very unfortunate for though. I don’t know how much magic stone value I could get from hundreds of magic stone soldiers.

It must have been a trendous bonus for us at the ti.

「Well, now that I’ve seen it, I understand why the future was so wary of you. No, it was not you. It was your sword, wasn’t it? Well, there’s also Fran’s skill as well. Anyway, you have the power to destroy magic stones. It doesn’t matter the ability, power, or type of magic stone it is, as long as you manage to scratch it even a little, and it’ll be destroyed」

「...」

「Fufun. You’re being cautious now, aren’t you? I guess that ans I’m not too far off, right?」

Tsk, my ability has been exposed! A magic stone soldier, a magic stone sword, and now a giant magic stone weapon. If we show it to him over and over again, it’s only natural that he’ll notice it.

「As a self-confessed magic stone user, this is the worst match for . You could even say that it’s a natural enemy for 」

「...So why don’t you just give up?」

「No no, I haven’t lost yet, have I? Well, your powers are indeed a little troubleso」

Zelyse’s gaze then turned to .

Those were the eyes of soone who was looking at an interesting research subject. To be honest, I was used to being looked at as an object, but I just couldn’t help but feel weird about the way this guy looked at . I guess it was because there was sothing creepy about the way he looked at , it felt like he could see right through .

「I’d like to analyze that sword and do so research on it」

「I won’t give it to you」

「Fufun. As I thought, there’s a secret in that sword, isn’t it? I’m getting more and more curious!」