Help! My Overprotective S-Rank Master Who Loves Me Too Much Won't Let Me Go on Quests!

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Episode 11: Aria-san vs. Milena-san!

The place Aria-san and Milena-san led me to was a vast grassland on the outskirts of town… Here, it wouldn’t disturb anyone, and with plenty of plants around, it seemed like the perfect location for a duel with the rule of only using earth magic.

Aria-san and Milena-san both waved their hands toward me, attempting to rapidly grow plant roots around me to create a barrier… but the plants they hurriedly grew clashed with each other, causing them to bend in strange directions.

“Hey, Milena! I’ll create a barrier around Adin-kun, so don’t interfere!”

“The lines are crossed here. I’ll create a barrier around Adin-san to ensure no harm comes to him, so please refrain from doing anything bad, Aria-san.”

“Huh? Why should I overlook you, of all people, wrapping Adin-kun with earth magic imbued with your female power? I’m the only one who should wrap Adin-kun!”

The earth magic Aria-san was controlling seemed to repel Milena-san’s earth magic, but Milena-san was also resisting her, so they ended up creating a single barrier together.

“…So, shall we agree that the winner gets to wrap Adin-kun?”

“Yes, no problem.”

…As soon as they said that, cracks appeared in the ground beneath them, and they transformed several branches on the ground into large trees, using them to attack each other.

“As expected of Aria-san, indeed, if we were having a serious battle without any restrictions, Aria-san would have easily defeated me… However, this time, it’s a showdown with earth magic, something we elves excel at…!”

Milena-san rapidly grew the branches behind Aria-san and attacked her with them… I couldn’t sense any magical power, Milena-san is indeed amazing.

Aria-san couldn’t dodge the sudden attack and… took the hit from the large tree… the impact scattered wood chips around her, obscuring Aria-san from view.

“Aria-san!”

Even though Aria-san is very skilled, in a showdown restricted to only earth magic, she’s still just an 18-year-old girl… I couldn’t imagine her taking such a hit without any injury.

I was worried, but eventually, when the wood chips cleared, I saw… Aria-san, unscathed, standing behind a large flower that had bloomed.

“You’re good at using underhanded tactics, huh? It didn’t mean much to me, but…”

She had managed to remain unharmed by growing the flower and using it as a shield.

To come up with such a tactic in an instant, Aria-san is indeed amazing.

“Just because you managed to block one attack…”

After that, the situation continued with both attacking each other with large trees multiple times… Both of them are indeed strong. There’s no way I could enter that and deflect all the attacks they were throwing at one another.

“Milena, aren’t you going to attack anymore?”

“Aren’t you just defending everything?”

“Defending? Me?”

Aria-san smirked… the next moment, a large tree, more than twice the size of the previous ones, emerged from Aria-san’s side and attacked Milena-san.

“No way…!”

Milena-san took that attack, managing to take a defensive stance, but her clothes were torn, and her thighs and chest were slightly exposed, and she seemed to have taken some damage.

“W-…Without any application of water magic, creating such large trees is quite time-consuming, even for me… When did you refine that magical power?”

“To be honest, I’ve been refining it while you were thinking about your cheap shots, Milena. Milena would indeed have the upper hand with earth magic alone as you expected… so I came up with a countermeasure to deal with that.”

“…I see.”

Milena-san admitted defeat and sat down where she was. Since the battle was over, my barrier was released, and I approached the two.

“So, why did you try to take Adin-kun from me?”

“Well…”

Milena-san puffed her cheeks and angrily shouted.

“Because… I was jealous~! You and Adin-san get along so well~! Even though I want to get along with Adin-san too!”

Rarely showing her emotions, Milena-san looked at Aria-san silently, then approached me with a sad face.

“Adin-san, please look… My clothes are torn, and I feel a bit of pain in my body… So, if you don’t mind, could you lend me your shoulder for a moment?”

“Uh, um…?”

Various things were going on, but the fact that she was injured was also true…

“I understand…”

Just as I was about to agree, Milena-san’s body wounds were healed in an instant… I was puzzled, and then Aria-san opened her mouth with a disgusted expression.

“Well, since you’re already healed, let’s forget about that.”

“…I see, thank you.”

Milena-san seemed to be smiling, but her eyes weren’t. Aria-san ignored Milena-san’s expression and said,

“Alright! Since I won, I’ll wrap Adin-kun up!”

“Huh…?”

After that, Aria-san and I decided to take a break inside the barrier Aria-san created with earth magic… Milena-san also wanted to join, but Aria-san refused… The battle between these two seemed to continue for a while.

…There were various things, but for now, this incident ended with Aria-san’s victory.