Settling Things With The Three Knights of the Royal Guard! And My Lack of Motivation
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“Excuse ! Sorry to have kept you waiting!”
It was about 20 minutes after they left the room, when that serious-looking guy, Byun, returned to the waiting room where I was waiting, with a bright and cheerful voice.
“We’re ready to intercept you, so please co this way, intruder Emi-san!”
Byun pointed down the corridor, starting to guide .
He’s wearing a blue and white, glittering and stylish armor.
Unlike his previous innerwear, he looks very cool.
I threw the last cookie into my mouth and started walking down the corridor, munching on it, following Byun.
“Here we are, the Trial Room.”
After walking a short distance, Byun stopped and pointed at a large iron door.
That door, with its majestic decorations, gives off the vibe that ‘there’s a boss behind this door’… and there’s sothing like a geotric pattern carved in its center… it’s probably super ancient magical writing.
I see, number one…
So, considering what the Three Knights of the Royal Guard said earlier…
“There are three rooms connected, behind this door?”
“That is correct.”
Byun nodded, confirming my guess.
“And in each room, I, ‘Byun of the Wind Bow’, ‘Shito-Shitorin of the Rain Staff’, and ‘Nikkor of the Sun Sword’ are waiting to beat you up! Defeat us all, embed this ‘orb’ we have into the last door, and you will be able to proceed further into this labyrinth, to the heart of the Sky Kingdom!”
Byun explained, tapping the beautiful white orb embedded in his chest armor.
“That’s a lot of… trouble.”
“No, no, don’t worry about it! It’s our job! We’ll do our best to beat you up with all our might!”
I felt bad for making him prepare all this for , and scratched my cheek apologetically, but Byun shook his head, with a refreshing smile.
He’s a good guy, this guy…
“Now, I’ll also move to my designated position. When I’m ready, I’ll call you from inside, so please enter after that. After that, I think we’ll just naturally start fighting.”
Saying that, Byun bowed and opened the door, entering the Trial Room.
Soon after, I heard his voice from inside, ‘You may enter nowーーー!’
All preparations are complete.
Extra-sama said to happily.
“…………”
But I…
Reflexively crossed my arms, tilted my head downwards, and muttered…
Well, you see, Extra-sama.
It seems like I’m going to defeat the Three Knights of the Royal Guard and go further into this labyrinth…
But… I don’t really want to…
I ended up here because of… well, circumstances.
Do we… really have to fight these guys?
Extra-sama and I suddenly fell silent.
From inside the room, I could hear Byun’s voice, “What’s wrongーーー? You can co in nowーーー?”
It does?
You think so too, Extra-sama?
Right…?
…………
Yeah.
Alright.
Let’s do this.
I made up my mind.
And I got motivated.
Releasing the shackles of my heart, unleashing my fighting spirit and violence…
Haze leaked from the joints of my armor.
It might be indecent, but… well, what leaks, leaks.
Creak, creak… creak…
I started hearing creaking sounds from the surrounding space, but I ignored them.
I’m going to do it.
I’m going to do it.
Yeah.
Well.
Without killing them…
I’m going to do it.
What if they die?
Well…
Too bad.
“RAAAAAAHーーー!!”
I kicked the iron door leading to Trial Room No. 1 with all my might!
GAGOON!
Gan-go!
The iron door, making a loud sound, was bent and blown away!
Beyond that is a large, empty hall!
And standing there, in the center, is the first of the Three Knights of the Royal Guard!
“My na is ‘Byun of the Wind Bow’! One of the proud swords of the Sky King, the Three Knights of the Royal…“
“RAAAAAAHーーー!!”
Byun started reciting sothing as I entered, but it’s too long!
His lines are too long!
I chased after the iron door, which was being blown away, hid behind it, and quickly approached Byun!
And then, with that montum, I… kicked him in the stomach!
“Guuuaaaah!?”
Byun was blown away by the impact, crashing into the wall of the Trial Room!
“I-I lost…?”
Byun muttered blankly, then rolled his eyes, fainted, and collapsed!
And then, the white orb detached from his armor, rolling on the floor!
I picked it up, stuffed it into the pouch I created by transforming my armor, around my waist, and ran to the iron door on the opposite wall, leading to the next Trial Room, and then…!
“RAAAAAAHーーー!!”
I kicked the iron door with all my might!
GAGOON!
Gan-go!
The iron door, making a loud sound, was bent and blown away!
Beyond that is a large, empty hall!
And standing there, in the center, is the second of the Three Knights of the Royal Guard!
“I am ‘Shito-Shitorin of the Rain Staff’… one of the Three Knights of the Royal Guard, and the…”
“RAAAAAAHーーー!!”
Shito-Shitorin started reciting sothing as I entered, but it’s too long!
Her lines are too long!
I chased after the iron door, which was being blown away, hid behind it, and quickly approached Shito-Shitorin!
And then, with that montum, I… kicked her in the stomach!
“Kyaaaaahーーー!?”
Shito-Shitorin was blown away by the impact, crashing into the wall of the Trial Room!
“Y-You’re strong… Fine, go ahead…”
Shito-Shitorin muttered, desperately trying to muster her strength, then rolled her eyes, fainted, and collapsed!
And then, the white orb detached from her armor, rolling on the floor!
I picked it up, stuffed it into the pouch I created by transforming my armor, around my waist, and ran to the iron door on the opposite wall, leading to the next Trial Room, and then…!
“RAAAAAAHーーー!!”
I kicked the iron door with all my might!
GAGOON!
Gan-go!
The iron door, making a loud sound, was bent and blown away!
Beyond that is a large, empty hall!
And standing there, in the center, is the last of the Three Knights of the Royal Guard!
“My na is…”
“RAAAAAAHーーー!!”
Nikkor started reciting sothing as I entered, but it’s too long!
By this point, I’m feeling pretty good, so even those four words are too long!
I overtook the iron door, which was being blown away, and quickly approached Nikkor!
And then, with that montum, I… kicked him in the stomach!
“Dowaahーーー!?”
Nikkor was blown away by the impact, crashing into the wall of the Trial Room!
“W-Wait, wait… th-that’s… too…”
Nikkor muttered sothing, then rolled his eyes, fainted, and collapsed!
And then, the white orb detached from his armor, rolling on the floor!
I picked it up, stuffed it into the pouch I created by transforming my armor, around my waist, and ran to the iron door on the opposite wall, a door with even more majestic decorations than before, and then…!
“RAAAAAAHーーー!!”
I kicked the iron door with all my might!
GAGOON!
Gan-go!
The iron door, making a loud sound, was bent and blown away!
Beyond that… was a long, long corridor, stretching as far as the eye can see.
In other words…
I’ve defeated all the Three Knights of the Royal Guard.
And cleared the Trial Rooms…!
“Huu…”
I let out a deep breath, cooling down.
I glanced back at Nikkor.
“…………”
Yeah, he’s twitching, but he’s not dead.
He seems to be unconscious.
Good!
I was able to hold back!
Extra-sama timidly spoke to as I sighed in relief.
What’s up?
He did say that.
…Ah.
I hurriedly ran to the remains of the door I had just kicked, and stared at it, sparks flying from its cross-section.
Apparently, there are three indentations in that door… and if you embed the orbs there, the door would open, through so magic tool chanism…
In other words…
“…………”
Um…
Ahh…
Then, what about the three orbs I got from the Three Knights of the Royal Guard?
…………
Well, that’s…
…Kind of…
…I feel bad for ignoring the gimmick…
You’re right…
“…Rah! Rah! Rah!”
So I took out the orbs, which had beco re garbage, from my pouch, and threw them towards the ceiling with all my might.
kyo, kyo, kyo!
Apparently, the orbs are quite hard, and all three of them pierced through the ceiling… and flew off sowhere.
On a whim.
If I left them lying around, I might feel bad again when I see them…
Anyway…
I looked at the long, long corridor behind the last door.
“…………”
If Byun’s words are true, this leads to the heart of the Sky Kingdom.
To be honest, I’m not interested in those things.
Not at all.
But…
…Yeah…
If I don’t go any further now… then the Three Knights of the Royal Guard were beaten up for nothing…
So… well… shall we…?
And so, without any particular motivation…
I started walking towards the deepest part of the labyrinth… the heart of the Sky Kingdom.
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