Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari - Chapter 113

A Method On Becoming Stronger

Rishia:”Fueeeeee~~~~~~~!”

A loud pathetic voice echoes throughout the warehouse.

She is demonstrating her judgement in a strange place.

Naofumi:”Catch her! Bring her back alive!”

Naofumi:”It’s nothing, I just wanted to say that phrase.”

Naofumi:”Do-Don’t! Firo, I’m kidding! Catch her normally! Don’t use any power on your feet!”
Raphtalia:”The beak is no good either! Rishia-san will die!”

Oh shit, my joke may have turned into a tragic disaster. Let’s be careful.

Rishia is bahaving violently.

Rishia:”Please release me! I want to go back to my hometown! I want to return to papa and mama! Itsuki-samaaaaaaaaa~!”

Rishia:”About making me a slave?”

Rishia:”Wh-Why would you do that!?”
Naofumi:”My shield grants demons or slaves growth correction.”

This is the biggest bottleneck.

If I use this, Rishia should be remarkably stronger.
It would be good if there was something for companions.

Naofumi:”Do you want to try it out and see?”

Naofumi:”Rishia, cut your hair a little.”
Rishia:”Sure…….”

Rishia cuts her hair with a knife and hands it to me.
I let the shield absorb it.

Rishia:”Fue!?”

……Nothing happens.

Maybe it’s due to my relationship with Rishia not being very deep.

Naofumi:”Anyway, there is no choice other than becoming a demon or a slave.”

Naofumi:”You……won’t you die?”

A companion with an immortal attribute huh?……Perhaps it might be strong due to removal of the human limiter.

I mean, does Rishia want to become strong to the point where she stops being human?

Naofumi:”Well, you are free to choose Rishia, though you won’t really receive any protection.”

Naofumi:”Think carefully, what is necessary in order to become strong? You must greedily explore every single possibility. I am only showing you how.”

(Tlnote: Come to the dark side.)

Rishia was lost in thought and was at a loss.

All I can do is supplement here and there.

Naofumi:”Well, since you are already level 68, and considering the speed of level ups, you wouldn’t receive that many benefits anyway, so it might not even be needed. But I still think that the growth potential is better than nothing.”

It would be meaningful to do if we started at low levels.

From the start the high level guys were betrayed and killed. Or their growth was just bad.

Queen:”Logically speaking, would putting someone under Iwatani-sama’s care since level 1 be the case for the best growth?”

The queen asks me.

Naofumi:”That’s right. However, there is no method to return to Level 1.”

Naofumi:”……There is?”

Such a convenient thing exists?

The problem with being level one is the amount of time and effort required to grow……Wouldn’t it be a problem to have her shoulder such a risk?

Queen:”Yes, originally it was used as punishment to reset the levels of adventurers who commit crimes. The effect of Class Up disappears simultaneously.”

Ah, there is such a penalty.

The punishment for those people would be to make all of their effort in vain.
That’s certainly scary.

Naofumi:”Where is it done?”

(Tlnote: What the hell is that thing, is it the box from Redshirts?)

Rishia:”What do you mean?”

Rishia:”……Okay.”
Naofumi:”Let’s see. The deadline on whether or not you want to return back to level one will be after the coming wave. There is no time now.”

Due to there being no time, I am concerned for Rishia’s life if she would return back to level 1 then. It would be best to at least finish the wave.

Naofumi:”However, You only need to become a slave……Don’t run away! There are no restraints other than—Listen to me!”

Whenever I talk about slavery, Rishia tries to escape. What a troublesome fellow.

Naofumi:”I will not force you to do anything cruel, I just ask you to fight!”

Naofumi:”Fine, Rishia I’m just showing you a method to become stronger. What are you going to do?”

At my words Rishia’s eyes swim around.

……Is it Raphtalia?

Naofumi:”By the way, Queen, would it be possible to apply the same slave crest that you did to Bitch?”

Naofumi:”Then that means. Although I will hold the reins, I swear that I won’t bind you to do anything.”

Rishia:”Raphtalia-san……”
Firo:”Master. Is Firo being binded?”

Well, the words of Raphtalia and Firo that I have brainwashed will probably not reach Rishia.

Naofumi:”I won’t force you. If you hate it then we’ll leave it at that. Think about it until then.”

The conversation ended here, and I turned to face the queen.

I wonder what the reason of doing something like that and not complaining.
That reminds me, the queen did say this to Trash before.

[Fight as a commander at the front line of this country against the wave, or lose your position and become an adventurer.]

From a different viewpoint, that’s telling to fight with the Power of the Hero of the Cane.

In the first place. That manner of speech was as if the whole world recognizes him as a hero, wouldn’t it be impossible to bind a hero?

For instance, if Melromarc lost the right to Trash who is a Seven Star Hero, Melromarc would then have to beg Trash to remain.

Was that parade meant to get them to leave?

However, seeing Trash’s attitude, it doesn’t seem like he will leave.

To be made an ice pickle, and a naked king, some thought must have went into it.

He did say “A bastard like you wouldn’t understand your whole life.”

Let’s change my thinking for a second.

In short, he already doesn’t want to be a hero anymore.

It could simply be that he doesn’t have the will to fight anymore due to old age.

Oh well. Let’s fix and prepare our equipment for the wave now.

Naofumi:”I’m going to go and order weapons.”

Rishia:”Ummm–”
Naofumi:”Hm? What’s wrong?”

Rishia has her hand in front of her chest…… I can’t see her expression, but her voice is full of determination.

Rishia:”I have decided……Please enslave me!”
Naofumi:”……Are you fine with it?”

She came to a conclusion quickly.
I thought that it would take longer, since it was Rishia.

Rishia:”Yes! I want to become strong!”

Rishia:”U…..Ku……”

The ceremony finished without any problems.

Just like Bitch, after a while it turned invisible and won’t be seen again unless invoked.

However, I take off all the checked items…… and, it was rejected.
Apparently, if I remove all the restrictions to activate the slave mark, it doesn’t work.

I’ll just check off a trifling item and be done with it.

I also thought about the possibility of her doing something like Bitch.
Or in the case of her being a spy sent by Itsuki.

Though those possibilities were mostly gone when she selected to become a slave.

Rishia:”Haah……Haah……”

Rishia:”Yes. I’m fine.”
Naofumi:”I see, then that’s good.”

While thinking that it’s wrong, I confirm Rishia’s Status.

Naofumi:”Tsu—”

Naofumi:”N-Nothing, it’s fine. Don’t worry about it.

I was involuntarily at a loss for words.

Although she is level 68, her stats are 1/5th that of Raphtalia’s.
I understand the reason Itsuki dismissed her as weak.

However, I will not abandon her. This is a chance for me to see just what I can do.

Surely……These stats are the same as Rapthalia’s early period……

A peculiar trait is that all her stats are around the same.

However, due to it being originally low, the feeling now is that everything is lacking.

If she didn’t earnestly accept the strengthening method, it would have truly been dangerous……

Naofumi:”Th-Then let’s go to the weapon store.”

Raphtalia:”Sure.”
Firo:”Go~”

After a long absence, we headed to see the old man at the weapon shop.