episode_0196

If I think carefully, it wasn’t like there were no foreshadowing at all.

Snow Mountain, where the Sword King resided, is a mountain located in the northern part of the Philgrean Central Continent.

And the place where the witch’s followers began their activities and made their sphere of influence was also the northern part of the Central Continent.

Why did they start a war in the north and occupy that area?

The north is not a good place to live due to the low temperatures, and it is not a place with good geographical advantages.

Of course, there is no powerful country in the north, so it would be easier to occupy than other regions…, but there is no benefit to be gained by occupying it.

But…. What if there was something there that they wouldn’t trade for anything?….

“The reason why the witch’s followers invaded the north is?!….”

“Yes. As you think, it must be to find this.”

The Sword King pointed to a large full-body mirror behind him as if it were nothing.

“No, then you should have told me from the beginning!! If I had known that one of the Demon King’s fragments was so close, I would have started by slicing up the Witch!!”

If I had just sliced up the Witch from the start, that means there would only be one Demon King fragment left by now!!

As I said feeling wronged, the Sword King shrugged his shoulders.

“As I said back then, I couldn’t completely trust you at the time. I already…, couldn’t stop my disciple from going down the wrong path.”

The Sword Demon….

The Sword King’s first disciple, but a girl who went astray because she extremely pursued ‘power’.

Because of that power, she cooperated with the Demon King’s fragment, but the end result was her body being taken over by the Heavenly Demon.

“…Haa. It’s good that I know now, even if it’s late. Ah, and since the Sword Demon story came up, I met her. She was in the East Continent.”

“…Is that so?”

“Yes. She was cooperating with the Heavenly Demon. And I ended it with my own hands.”

“…Tsk tsk.”

The Sword King turned his body without saying anything to my words.

Because of that, I couldn’t see his expression, but his voice seemed a bit gloomy.

“Then, back to the main point, I understand that the location of that mirror had to be moved because of the Demon King’s followers…, but there’s still something I don’t understand. If you’re a master, you’re the type who would cut down even a whole bunch of those Demon King’s followers if they rushed at you, so why to the Holy Kingdom?”

“I heard the story that you subjugated the Demon King’s fragment. Seeing you fulfilling what you said to me exactly, I thought you were the real deal.”

“…The real deal?”

The real deal, what does that mean?

As I looked at the Sword King with a puzzled expression, he looked at me and the group standing behind me instead of answering.

Then, he closed his eyes tightly and continued speaking.

“Back then, seeing that the brat who came to find me alone has now subjugated the Demon King and saved his comrades, I was able to confirm that the ‘time of promise’ that the Goddess spoke of is now. Just…, that’s all.”

“Time of promise?”

“It was a promise to hand over this mirror to the hero that I can acknowledge someday.”

“…So, you’re saying that I’m the hero you can acknowledge?”

Instead of answering my question right away, the Sword King fell into thought.

Then, he slightly raised the corner of his mouth and said.

“A little lacking to fully acknowledge.”

What the heck am I supposed to do?

As I clicked my tongue inwardly while feeling absurd, the Sword King fiddled with the handle of his sword and added.

“The reason I came here is also to meet you, but if I couldn’t meet you, I was going to entrust this mirror to the Holy Kingdom as it is. Having lived longer than the time allowed to humans by the grace of the Goddess…, it’s about time to return to the Goddess’s embrace.”

“!”

“So…, let’s have a match before I go. Disciple.”

“…Why does it turn out like this.”

* * *

“Haa…. How on earth did it end up like this….”

The rules of the fight were simple.

1. Do not use magic power between each other. Only check the skill of pure swordsmanship.

That was it.

In fact, the rule that magic power should not be used is a somewhat understandable rule.

In terms of the amount of magic power, I am overwhelmingly superior to the Sword King, so I will definitely win against the Sword King. Of course, it will be a long-term battle of hitting and punching until the Sword King’s magic power runs out. And in the process, the Holy Kingdom will disappear without a trace.

The Sword King seems to want to check my pure swordsmanship as well as prepare for such a major disaster.

“If we’re talking about it, we can just do it right away. Seriously…”

I haven’t even recovered from the fatigue of the journey yet, but the Sword King postponed the duel until tomorrow to relieve the fatigue.

I have to go to Tayo Kingdom as soon as possible because of Baekho….

“But I can’t leave my seat when the Demon King’s fragment is right in front of me….”

I wouldn’t know if I didn’t know. I found out where the Demon King’s fragment is, and I can’t just pass it by when it’s right in front of me.

But it’s not good to just let time pass by without knowing what Baekho’s current state is.

Knock knock

“?”

Just as I was constantly worrying about what to do, I heard a knock.

Is there anyone who would come to visit at this time?

“Is it okay if I come in?”

“Lucy?”

It was Lucy who came to find me.

When I opened the door, Lucy smiled brightly and looked at me.

“I thought you would be feeling uneasy right now, so I came to visit.”

“I am feeling uneasy, but what does that have to do with you coming to visit?”

“Generally speaking, when you have a lot of worries, most of them can be solved by having light sex once.”

“Are you crazy.”

Seriously, she’s saying something ridiculous with a natural expression as if it’s nothing.

As I looked at her as if I was dumbfounded, she came into the room without paying attention to my gaze.

“We haven’t had time to relieve the Hero’s sexual desire because we’ve been moving busily until now, right?”

“Isn’t that what you want to do?”

“Well~ there’s that too.”

Lucy, who came into my room, took off her clothes as naturally as if this was her own room.

In an instant, Lucy jumped into the bed, leaving only her underwear on.

“Here, a pussy that only the Hero can use♥”

“…You really don’t suit being a nun.”

“But I can still use divine power well, so I guess the Goddess has allowed it?”

“If only you couldn’t talk…”

I sighed deeply and closed the door.

Then, like Lucy, I took off my clothes one by one and approached Lucy, who was lying seductively on the bed and looking at me.

“Then….”

Bang!!

“….”

“Oh my….”

“…Husband.”

The Great Sage Equal to Heaven broke down my door and came in.

She glanced at Lucy, who was only wearing underwear, and me, who was dangling with a semi-erect penis, and pouted her lips.

“If you wanted to…, I could have done it for you….”

She at least acknowledges ‘concubines’.

Therefore, she doesn’t particularly stop me from having sex with other women.

But she herself has a strong sexual desire, so she doesn’t try to be left out in these kinds of situations.

“…Come here, Mino.”

“Yes♥”

At my words, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven immediately threw off her clothes and approached me.

“Well…, I wanted to spend some time alone with the Hero after a long time…. But I can’t help it.”

Lucy also nodded her head as if she thought the Great Sage Equal to Heaven might run wild in the Holy Kingdom.

“But first, let’s fix the broken door….”

“Ah.”

* * *

“…Isn’t this too big of a deal?”

The next day after relieving my sexual desire with Lucy and the Great Sage Equal to Heaven after a long time.

When I was guided to the place for the duel with the Sword King, it was the training ground for the holy knights that I had come to when I came to the Holy Kingdom to drop Pyria off.

But unlike a normal training ground, it was crowded with quite a lot of people.

Most of them seem to be holy knights….

“Why are there so many people?”

“Probably…, the rumor that it’s a match between the Sword King and the Hero spread, so everyone came to watch.”

“Who spread the rumor?”

“The Sword King.”

“….”

What does that guy really want to do.

While I was feeling dumbfounded, the Pope came with the escort of the holy knights.

Is the Pope also coming to watch this?

“Half right and half wrong. The Pope probably came to put up a guardian barrier so that the aftermath of the two people’s duel doesn’t spread outside.”

…That’s definitely important.

I can’t even imagine what will happen if I clash swords with the Sword King.

“…It’s almost time.”

“Good luck.”

“Okay.”

I go up to the prepared makeshift stage.

Almost at the same time as me, the Sword King also came up on stage.

“We could have just done it simply between the two of us, what’s with spreading strange rumors?”

“I took a look at these guys here and they lacked skill. There will be something to learn just by watching, so I spread the rumor for them to watch.”

“….”

Is he even concerned about that kind of thing?

Well, it doesn’t matter either way.

“Let’s finish this cleanly.”

“Yes, let’s finish this cleanly.”

I drew my sword.

The Sword King also drew his sword in the same way.

“ ”

“Earth Divide”

The sword is brought down.

The moment the swords, both being plunged down at the exact same trajectory at the same time, collide.

Crack Kwaaaaaaaang!!!!!!!!!!!

A huge shockwave burst out, and the barrier that the Pope had put up was instantly shattered in half.