episode_0135

====[Damian’s past]====

“Damian, my baby… I’m sorry, there are still so many things I have to teach you… .”

Damian’s mother, who was lying in a hospital bed, shed bitter tears as she worried about her son who would be left alone.

I imagined the thorny path that my son, who was completely different from others, would walk in the future.

At the time, Damian could not understand at all the deep lament and compassionate motherhood contained in those words.

All I could do was understand that my mother’s life would soon end, just like my father’s, and worry about how I should live in the future.

The probability that a child left alone would survive without adult care was infinitely low.

Even at a young age, I was able to intuit that much.

“Damian. Mom now… Remember what I tell you… . It’s an important, very important story.”

“Yes.”

A small voice as if it would cut off at any moment.

Damian tried to listen to her words without making a sound.

“It’s okay to not know other people’s feelings… . Instead, keep an eye on them… Follow the same thing. So as not to be caught. If you… You can do it.”

Damian nodded. As if he would do that.

I didn’t understand why I had to imitate others… There was no reason to reject my mother’s will.

“And… Live by helping others. Like the knights. then… ‘Others will protect you too.’

Stroking his cheek, his mother’s last words of advice.

“If it were our son, it would definitely be… You can become a great knight.”

With those last words, Damien’s mother died.

Damien stood still next to the bed and looked at his mother’s hand that had fallen from her cheek for a long time.

—-

A long time had passed since then, but Damian was still following his will.

Like some kind of obsession.

Observe closely how people express their emotions… They hide their own strangeness by imitating their facial expressions and actions.

They do their best to protect their lives and live with the help of people who express their gratitude.

Certainly, the effect was quite good.

The village children who had ostracized Damian gradually changed their attitude when Damian himself began to make facial expressions similar to theirs, and later they clung to him in order to gain his favor.

Milia’s parents, who initially regarded Damian as a nuisance… After risking his life to save Milia, he took good care of Damian himself from then on.

Although I still couldn’t understand the human mind, I felt like I knew how to win people’s favor.

Just like my mother’s will, I will become a great knight.

Like Carol the Great and the Twelve Knights, whom everyone praises.

====[Battle of the Cursed Mother]====

The cursed mother puffs out her cheeks.

With the intention of shooting out the acidic liquid that had been sucked into the mouth at any moment.

Friede and Millia’s pupils were filled with astonishment.

It was a desperate crisis. Damian, who couldn’t overcome his habit and jumped again, seemed to have no way to avoid it.

Damian urgently laid down his great sword and covered himself with the sword surface.

However, it was impossible to cover the entire body with the blade of a great sword rather than a shield.

Friede, who was suppressing the monster’s arms with all her might, was in no position to respond.

Millia urgently aimed her bow.

Once again, the intention was to attack the cursed mother’s chest.

And the monster turned its head.

Not into the air, but straight ahead.

Aiming for Milia.

“Huh?”

Millia let out a groan filled with embarrassment.

A cursed mother staring straight at her. The snout was gradually widening.

The target of the cursed mother was Milia from the beginning.

He, too, will be decapitated by the great sword of a human male… I was planning on taking that obnoxious female who had targeted her breast several times as a companion.

“Oh my… !”

“Milia!!”

A stream of water gushes out.

It drew a straight line like a thrown javelin, and with force like a waterfall.

Millia’s arrow, which she reflexively fired, melted like a snowflake.

‘Damian… !’

Faced with the sudden and inevitable death, Millia closed her eyes without realizing it.

– Whoo!

A sudden strong wind lifted Millia’s bangs.

The ground beneath my feet suddenly shook.

The death I had prepared for – no, I had not prepared for – did not come.

Millia opened her eyes again.

The familiar black iron plate was twisting in front of her.

It was Damian’s great sword.

The black iron of the half-human hit by the acid solution melts like a sugar cookie, emitting thick smoke.

Millia, who saved her life, hurriedly escaped.

“Aaaaa!”

The cursed mother, whose turning blow was blocked, let out a scream of rage.

Not yet. We failed to kill the female, but thanks to that, the male is now empty-handed.

Even a guy… !

The cursed mother splits her snout open.

The jaw joint falls out and the skin around the mouth is torn all the way to the neck.

The monster’s mouth widened as if it could swallow the person whole.

A cursed mother holding her head high.

Friede gritted her teeth.

Thanks to Damian, Millia survived, but Damian was in danger of being eaten instead.

Friede also leapt, letting go of the chains wrapped around the monster’s arms.

The saw blade swung in the air digs into the corner of the monster’s mouth.

The saw cuts deep into the skin and lodges itself in the jawbone.

At the same time, Millia’s last arrow was aimed at the monster’s chest.

However, this alone was not enough to block the movement of the cursed mother.

The monster, sensing its end, had even given up on protecting its chest.

“Not yet!”

Friede, who screamed fiercely, threw himself away.

Using the saw’s handle as support, he leaps once more in the air using only his arm strength.

Friede’s body soars.

So much so that the saw barely reached her ankles.

Friede stomped on it with all his might, as if he was slashing a saw.

As the saw blade dug deeper, the cursed mother’s head slightly bent downward.

Up to this point, it was as expected.

Next was the problem.

The freed monster’s arm aimed at Friede’s back.

The sword with the chain ax intertwined gave off a sharp light.

An attack that Friede, who is out of balance, cannot avoid.

Neither Damian, who had thrown away his great sword, nor Millia, who was out of arrows, seemed unable to help Friede.

“Kkeuch… !”

Friede twists his body to somehow avoid the critical point.

The cursed mother laughed at the sight and swung her sword.

The moment Friede clenched her teeth in preparation for the coming pain-

A lightning-like flash pierced the monster’s arm.

The one remaining arm is torn in vain.

The wrist that fell off was still holding the sword.

Milia breathed a sigh of relief.

What saved Friede’s life was the arrow she shot in haste.

Strictly speaking, it was not an arrow but a rapier.

The trajectory was a bit distorted due to unexpected usage… .

Rather, thanks to that, the blade of the rapier went beyond piercing the monster’s wrist and completely tore it apart.

“Ah… Aaaaa!!”

The cursed mother cried out in sorrow.

Friede sneered coldly.

In that gap, Damian’s outstretched fingertip touched the monster’s horn.

The sensation of a child’s fingers writhing wildly in one’s hand.

Without even a hint of disgust, Damian just climbed over the guy’s head.

His target was on the monster’s fur-covered back.

Old weapons stuck here and there on the lower body of the cursed mother.

Among them, there was only one, a great sword.

Damian, standing on the monster’s back, grabbed the hilt of the sword and pulled it out with all his might.

Black blood spurted out from beneath my feet.

Even though it had been stuck in the monster’s body for a long time, the revealed sword body was still sharp.

‘If this is… !’

Damian raised his greatsword high.

A slash that jumps off the monster’s back and spins around to slash.

The circular arc penetrated vertically into the head of the cursed mother.

So deep that the tip of the knife touches the ground.

Black blood spurted out like a fountain, and the monster’s upper body split into two sides.

Broken internal organs poured out in droves.

=================

“That damn leap attack. In the end, you succeeded once, right?”

It’s not a flea, and it has the instinct to jump.

Although there are some angles to using it against monsters rather than against people, it is still a technique that must be used while carefully considering the situation.

“Even though he almost died just before that, he ran again. I’m afraid I’ll break my leg.”

Friede also said something as if he was fed up.

Damien, who was listening from the coach seat, twitched his shoulders.

“Well, it was still a pretty interesting story. I heard it without realizing how time passed.”

After listening to it, I felt like I would have lost if at least one of the three wasn’t there.

Damian blocked the curse with his body. Friede held on to the enemy. Even Millia stopped the enemy’s movements at every threatening moment.

Even though it was my first real match, I’m glad that my hands and feet seem to be in good hands.

If it’s like this… After attracting just one priest or wizard, I can move on separately for the time being.

As long as you avoid dungeon-related requests that may have variables, there won’t be any problems.

“To say that it was hard for the three of us to subdue a cursed mother is not an understatement.”

“Actually, the most difficult moment was not then, but the last time. When running away from a landslide.”

Milia must have heard the word “landslide” and started shaking in her sleep.

Well, it was a nightmare-like scene.