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19 – Rosbyse

Looking straight at me, were her two azure eyes.

They shone brightly as if they were reminiscent of the blue sky.

“Authentication confirmed. I see, you are…”

Hanging on the wall, the girl. Rosbyse moved her lips and spoke.

And then, a small smile played on her face.

“It seems a long time has passed. It’s an honor to serve a new master. And…I’m glad to see you again. Sister Ortrinde.”

“Uh. It’s been a while. Rosbyse.”

“Well…now is not the leisurely time to exchange pleasantries…”

Rosbyse, who had been looking at Ortrinde for a moment, returned her gaze to me.

She kept her smile, looking at me and opened her mouth.

“Then, I ask you for an interlink.”

“Uh…? Do I do it?”

“Huh? Do you prefer to be the one who receives? If that’s the case, I could accommodate your request…”

“No…no, I’ll do it.”

When I had to interlink with Ortrinde? Ortrinde took the initiative by grabbing my face and pressing her lips against mine.

So, I thought that’s how it normally goes, but that seems not to be the only way.

I nervously approached Rosbyse, bringing my face closer to hers.

…I’m incredibly nervous about how to start this.

“Ah, you are so hesitant! Just brace yourself and go all in!!”

His blunt words as if he doesn’t care what happens next.

Should I say that he shows unprecedented boldness when it comes to women, even though he is usually quite shy?

I’m in big trouble.

While I was thinking I should brace myself and go for it!! The more I look at Rosbyse’s beautiful face, the more nervous I become.

Gently holding her two faces, I ease them together.

“Uuung…”

Rosbisae is slightly puckered with his eyes closed.

Geez, I’m nervous enough without him adding to it.

“We don’t have time, Master.”

“Huh? Wait… Ortlinde…?”

“Err… Ortlinde sis? What on earth…”

Suddenly, Ortlinde, who had sprouted from beside us, grabbed both mine and Rosbisae’s heads.

And she stuck our faces together.

Yes, forcibly. Physically.

“It is indeed Miss Ortlinde. You simply do what I couldn’t do even though I wanted to because I couldn’t exert physicality.”

What should I say?

A kiss devoid of tension and atmosphere.. no, the interlink was over just like that.

Like the light when Ortlinde was released, the room was filled with bright light.

“…Interlink complete. My life and yours until death will be loyal to you… and, sis, too…”

When the light subsided, I stood in a white gown, freed from restraint, in the form of Rosbisae.

The form was the same as when Ortlinde was released.

“Ortlinde sis, but it’s okay to have some mood for the first interlink, right?”

“We don’t have time. Enemies are gathering this way, and…”

Shortly after, I began to hear footsteps.

By the sound of it, a group of dozens.

“Just arrived on time.”

As soon as Ortlinde finished speaking, dozens of people poured down the aisle we had descended.

Robes without patterns on black clothes.

Fully armed war priests of the church were standing.

“Captain! We’ve found the intruders! A total of four people!”

“Weren’t there three in the last report? Guess there was one more.”

“One of them is unarmed. It won’t take long to suppress it, I presume.”

They are chattering on their own.

Even if hundreds, not dozens of those guys came, I’m confident I can suppress them all alone.

Well, in this narrow old space, it would be hard to use a big skill, so more numbers will take more time.

Slowly shaking off my wrists, I moved Luciana back behind me, she was stiff, unable to grasp the situation.

“First, like before, if someone charges at you, Ortlinde should subdue it. And…”

“Master? Would it be okay to wait for a moment?”

Rosbisae, intending to say to take cover in the back, interrupted my words. It was none other than the person himself, Rosbisae.

Facing the war priests, I turned my head slightly to look at Rosbisae.

She still had a beautiful smile on her face, turning her head towards the war priests.

“Would you leave this place to me? I’d like to show my power and warm up.”

She said that, looking at dozens of war priests.

Despite having dozens of enemies in front of her, her expression looked very relaxed.

Knowing that there was a trustworthy aspect in her face, I nodded.

“Are you sure… you can suppress without killing?”

“Yes, it’s not a big deal♪”

Upon my approval, she stepped forward with a broad smile on her face.

As I stepped back and Rosbyce took the frontline, the battle priests flinched.

Well, understandable.

A beautiful woman without any weapons, wearing nothing but a white coat, moving towards them probably left them perplexed.

The one who seemed to be the leader among the battle priests stepped forward confidently.

“Woman, step aside. If you surrender now, we promise to arrest you without harm.”

“Oh my, what happens if I get arrested?”

“You’ll be taken to the church headquarters and put on trial. They will question you as to why you’ve intruded here.”

“Hmm…intruded…”

The smile disappeared from Rosbyce’s lively face.

She raised her right index finger,

“Tsk.”

“?!”

Then, the ether in the air… almost felt like it was distorting.

At the same time, the battle priest who had stepped forward initially was frozen in his place.

“Wha… what…?!”

“Intrusive, funny. From my point of view, you are the intruders.”

As Rosbyce moved her finger, the battle priest’s body slowly floated into the air following its motion.

At this bizarre sight, another priest who had been behind him shouted,

“Yo… you! What’s going on?!”

“What, you ask? It’s black magic, also known as Gravity Bind.”

“Magic…? Not witchcraft…?”

The battle priests were still unable to understand the situation and were confused.

Meanwhile, the battle priest floating in the air was flapping about in the air, unable to make out a proper voice.

And as Rosbyce moved her finger down,

Thump!!

Just like that, he was slammed into the ground and didn’t move.

…Going by the fact that he had not lost his life force, he seemed to have survived.

“Captain!”

Upon the captain losing consciousness, a large disturbance arose among them.

There was a fear of the unknown on their faces.

At this, Rosbyce smiled again and spoke.

“Will you step aside now? It would be much easier for me if you heed the words of my Master who asked me not to kill…”

“You… Don’t joke around!!”

Perhaps suppressing his confusion with Rosbyce’s words, the battle priest who seemed to be her aide clenched his teeth.

Then, he lifted his weapon and shouted.

“Don’t be afraid! It doesn’t matter what monstrous witchcraft she uses, we have the numbers!!”

The fear dissipated from the faces of the intimidated battle priests, at the actions encouraging his former self.

Then, they all readied themselves for battle.

Well, it’s not like the church’s battle priests are picked up off the streets.

They’re veterans in their own right. They just look weak to me.

“Hmm…well, a few of them might get hurt…”

Rosbisae made a slightly troubled expression when her surrender offer was not accepted.

She extended her hands forward.

And, as if opening a closed window to both sides, she spread her arms wide.

In an instant, the ether trembled greatly, incomparable to before.

“What the?!”

“Ahhhhh!!”

Dozens of battle priests, who were boldly charging at Rosbisae.

They split and were pinned against the walls on either side.

And, stuck to the wall, they struggled to move.

…The basis is the same power I used on the battle priests’ captain earlier.

The only difference is that this time, she used it on everyone.

Rosbisae turned around, smiling brightly.

“Now, Master! How about that? I’ve cleaned up nicely!”

“Uh… Yeah.”

…It was a strange sight seeing the battle priests stuck to the wall.

Well, the path we need to take is indeed clear now.

“Let’s get out of here. Luciana, you get it together too.”

“What?!”

For now, she lightly slapped Luciana’s back, who had been gazing blankly at the spectacle in front of her.

After about a ten-minute walk, they arrived on the surface.

Our group of four reached the surface, but unlike before, the secret passage did not close.

Seeing me staring at the secret passage, Ortlinde said.

“The passage will not automatically close unless there is nobody inside.”

Well, that’s better.

It would be meaningless if they died due to the passage closing when I asked to suppress them without killing because I felt bad.

Rosbisae, who was the last one to leave the passage, stretched while looking at the sky.

“Phew…It’s unbearably hot still, though I was the one who created this situation…”

“Huh…?”

At Rosbisae’s abrupt remark.

The one who reacted first was Luciana.

“Um… Miss Rosbisae?”

“Ah…Yes, you’re definitely Luciana, right?”

“Yeah… uh… Miss Rosbisae… what did you just say?”

When Luciana spoke in a slightly trembling voice, but with a very desperate tone, Rosbisae widened her eyes and responded.

“Huh…? Are you talking about my comment that it’s still hot?”

“And the next…!!”

“Ah, you’re talking about when I caused this with my magic. I definitely blasted this land with magic causing it to become like this…but, It’s not like I did it on purpose…”

Did he think he was being interrogated?

Rothbaise started making excuses with a visibly flustered expression.

Luciana also had a flustered expression.

Of course, what she had been searching for all this time was the destructive weapon passed down through that family.

And that was none other than the girl who looked like her peer standing before her.

“Um… Luciana?”

“…No, it’s nothing.”

Luciana bowed her head with a visibly dispirited expression.

…Rothbaise is a person, not just a weapon for the user to use and bear all responsibility.

Luciana couldn’t ask such Rothbaise to fulfill her revenge.

There hadn’t been much time so far, so she couldn’t tell her yet.

And although she was hesitating about whether it would be okay to reveal everything to her…

Let’s tell her now.

It’s okay to just stand by and watch the people who should be revenged suffer.