What If the Strongest Villain from the Original Story Became the Protagonist's Ally? - Chapter 33 - Wind Spirit, and Brutal

“————’Spirit Summoning'”

Iris muttered that in a clear voice.

The light at her feet glowed a pale green.

Next, what was born by absorbing her large amount of magical power was—a green-haired woman.

“That’s a spirit that controls wind—Sylpheed.”

Sylpheed was the spirit Iris summoned most often in the original story too.

A wind-attribute spirit with the appearance of an intellectual green-haired beauty with long hair.

However, she was a spirit positioned at the absolute pinnacle of magic. Her abilities were far stronger than ordinary magic users.

Because she was—

“Sylpheed-sama. Please lend me your aid.”

‘…I understand completely.’

Sylpheed nodded quietly with a small nod.

Sylpheed was the taciturn character type, just like in the original. She listened to Iris’s wishes and honestly lent her power.

She was a spirit. Unlike humans, spirits could convert magical power into matter and wield it.

In other words, she could use magic.

The power of that was different as heaven and earth from us swordsmen who just used magical power while letting it flow out.

Even Yuguram would struggle a little when facing a spirit.

—Just a little, though.

Sylpheed manipulated wind and blew away the approaching giant crocodile.

Tremendous wind pressure. It scraped the ground and trees and rolled the crocodile dozens of meters away.

‘Hard…’

“Even for Sylpheed-sama, breaking through seems difficult… Yuu-san, how are we supposed to win against that thing?”

“You can’t ask me that, right? You have to work hard to figure it out.”

“At least give me a hint. It’s for my growth.”

“Hmm… a hint, huh.”

‘That person is…’

Sylpheed stared intently at me. I was currently wearing a mask. Even in this state, did the spirit know I was Yuguram?

If so, that would be surprising. The protagonist was in front of Yuguram—the final boss.

However, a certain question arose here.

Iris could wield the power of spirits, who were divine familiars. Therefore she was established as a Child of God.

But what about Yuguram?

Yuguram couldn’t summon spirits. He was born with a different power from Iris—a magic core. If golden eyes represented spirits or gods, then what was the source of Yuguram’s power?

I felt a strange unease—anxiety—about the question that surfaced.

I shook my head.

No good. There was no need to think about unnecessary things.

I was me. Nothing more or less than Yuguram. No matter what answer there might be, it had nothing to do with me.

“Yuu-san? Are you listening to me?”

“Hm, sorry. I wasn’t listening.”

“Yuu-san… you’re quite bold.”

“Because it’s me. —More importantly, it was about a hint, right?”

“You were listening properly after all.”

Sorry, sorry. It was just a joke.

“Let’s see… for now, if you have a spirit, you should try fighting together. No matter how much defense the opponent has, that value isn’t infinite. If you increase your magical power, you’ll eventually win.”

“Meaning?”

“Power is supreme.”

“………..”

Iris glared at me with half-lidded eyes. Even if you look at me like that, there’s no simpler answer than this.

As expected, what’s required is power. No matter what defense, if you hit it with greater power, it’s not scary.

And that was Yuguram’s fighting style. It wasn’t that I was a muscle-brain, but from the original story’s standards, Yuguram was like that. Yuguram had enough magical power and talent to back up that statement.

“For now, I’ll try my best.”

“Yeah. I’ll help if you get in a pinch, so try various things.”

“Understood. Please help me, Sylpheed-sama.”

‘Acknowledged. …You there, man.’

“Hm?”

Sylpheed had spoken to me.

Golden eyes the same as Iris’s and mine sharply captured my face.

‘Please… take care of Iris.’

“…Heh.”

So spirits made that kind of request?

In the original story, I thought she was just like a doll, but this was interesting in its own way. I made a new discovery.

I chuckled and—

“Leave it to me, Sylpheed-sama. If it’s a beautiful woman’s request, I’ll face even the king of monsters.”

I bowed respectfully and grandly.

Seeing that, Sylpheed—

‘You’re frivolous, but… well, I’ll trust those words.’

She said that in a somewhat exasperated voice, then returned her gaze forward and stared at the monster coming toward us. Again, small winds arose around her.

“—Ah. Iris’s panties.”

“I’ll kill you!”

Glare.

Seeing Iris’s skirt flutter up, my true feelings accidentally slipped out.

Since Iris glared at me again, I averted my gaze.

Then, immediately after—

A loud sound was heard. It was the monster’s voice.

“Guruaaaaaaa!?”

Looking, its entire body was being carved up by Sylpheed’s wind blades.

Even with high defensive power, it didn’t matter much to the current Sylpheed. Gradually, surely, she whittled away the opponent’s stamina.

“Whoa… that’s brutal.”