I'm a court magician. Recently, I’ve been worrying about the princess staring at me. - Chapter 25
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- Chapter 25 - The Way of the Battle
“Haa, it’s no use no matter how fast you run.”
Several knives were thrown toward me again but I changed their trajectories by deploying blue electricity around them so that they wouldn’t hit my head. A few knives still scratched my skin, cut through my robe while I adjusted my position so they would not hit Her Highness.
“Well…”
I glanced at Arsenas, who approached me. The sound of his shoes echoing in the air. I pulled out the knife stuck in my side at once and cast a healing spell on the affected area, ignoring the other cuts.
It’s only a first aid measure to narrow the wound, but it’s better than nothing.
“Oh, are you all right?”
“Don’t worry, it’s off the mark. What’s more pressing now is…”
I fired an arrow of light from my fingertips aiming at Arsenas, but just before hitting the target, it clashed with the tip of his sword, deflected to the windowpane of the house behind him, and bounced back.
Did he just execute high-speed light magic at such a close range? In addition, the throwing technique of the knife is extraordinary.
“… I thought he could only use swords.”
“The knights are the ones who fight with all their best no matter what the situation and place are. Isn’t it natural for them to be able to master all armours and instruments?”
“That’s right…”
I haven’t heard that they use knives …
He’s a knight, so I wanted him to fight using the royal sword… No, it’s wonderful if he is protecting someone, but now that I’m standing as his enemy, it’s really troublesome.
“Well, what shall we do? Your favorite long-distance magic is easy to read and difficult to handle if you use it at close range. In addition, you’re injured. Are you ready to hand over the princess?”
“… Maybe, I might.”
As Arsenas said, the situation is terrible. It’s disadvantageous to fight while protecting Her Highness in an injured state. As he said earlier, all I have to do is hand over Her Highness. The mission will fail, but my life will be saved. In terms of profit and loss, it would be better to do as he says.
“… But,”
I glanced at Her Highness behind me, who glanced at me anxiously. I smiled and turned back to face him.
“I’m not such a bad person to abandon a weak girl. And do you think you’ve already won? Don’t you know that you should not be careless until the very end of a fight, Deputy Commander of the Royal Guards?”
“… That’s too bad.”
With a sigh, Arsenas takes a step forward.
“Then I’ll risk my life and take the princess away.”
I pulled out the rapier and invoked it with magic.
I have to do my best. We don’t have that much time. I’m going to use all the magic I know to finish it as soon as possible!
“… Ice Crystals!”
Palm-sized ice crystals were produced and flew toward Arsenas, rotated while freezing the moisture in the surrounding air and pushed forward.
Water Attribute Long Distance Advanced Magic – Ice Crystal.
This magic itself has no killing power.
The purpose is to restrain him. As soon as it landed on him, the ice would spread in waves, making him unable to move.
Whether it’s prior information or intuition, Arsenas steps aside without attacking it with his sword. The ice landed behind him, on the wall of a house quite far away and a large area on the wall froze immediately.
“Hey! I wanted you to cut it with your sword!”
”I had a bad feeling about it… Light-Blade!”
A light shines on Arsenas’ sword as he wields it with all his might. A slash of light approaches me at a tremendous speed to cut me in half.
I also crawl the rapier’s blade with light and shake it to counteract the slash. At the same time, the ice path is activated over a wide area starting at the foot of the wall.
I use flame attributes short-range beginner magic – Geothermal Heat. Ice gets heated in an instant and produces steam, filling the air with white fog. All at once, our vision gets hindered.
At this moment, I lifted Her highness and started running on the roof again.
If we arrive at that place, we can win! We can’t miss this opportunity!
“Your Highness, a little more patience. It’s only a little way to the Knights’ residence. I’ll make sure to send you home.”
“Yes… oh, Raize-sama, blood…”
Her Highness touched my pale arm. Apparently, the bleeding from the cut wounds is getting worse now that we are running. But the question is… what are you doing, Your Highness?
“Oh, what?”
“I know a little healing magic. I’ll try to heal this wound.”
Her Highness touched one of my wounds, and a warm light lit up, and the painful wound gradually closed. It’s like healing magic but a few grades higher than the healing magic I can use. The pain has subsided and I feel much better.
“Thank you very much. Your Highness, I can’t believe you can use such magic.”
“Did it help you a little?”
”Yes, very…
“… oh, isn’t this so sweet!”
I sensed the knife thrown from behind and avoided it without stopping. But…
”Oh… oh!”
The knife, which I was supposed to have avoided, changed its direction in the middle of its flight and flew at me again. I couldn’t avoid it in time and it got stuck deep in my thigh.
“… Oh, the magic of automatic tracking!”
“That’s right.”
Arsenas, who jumped onto the roof of the building, expressed his affirmation of my words.
“I used it on you on the roof of the palace annex before… don’t you remember?”
“… It was you?”
“Do you think that anyone can fly a knife to that distance? That man might certainly have good throwing skills, but I’m more capable.”
It seemed certainly unnatural when I recalled it. The distance to that place is never normal.
I wonder if he was a scapegoat… A shadow warrior so that Arsenas wouldn’t be exposed.
“Now your leg is injured? It’s about 800 mailers from the last station to the residence you’re aiming for. How long do you think it will take with that leg? It’s much easier to beat you before you arrive… It seems like it’s time for the speeches from the royal family to begin.”
Arsenas took out his watch from his chest and checked the time. Then, I heard fireworks set off in the distance which then exploded above.
“It’s over.”
He said and came closer.
My whole body is covered with blood. Arsenas, on the other hand, is still unwounded. It’s obvious which is more advantageous.
”But I won’t stop — Light Sword!”
He lifted his sword in his hands above his head and shook it down at once. A torrent of light appears from his sword in the shape of an arc that approaches me while scraping the roof tiles…
My vision was filled with light for a moment.