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Chapter 10: Friendship 

The deck of the luxury liner violently shook. Livia grabbed the handrail, ran over to an injured sailor, and healed them. “Are you alright?!” “I, I’m fine.” The feebly smiling sailor had been bitten in the arm by a monster. That  monster had been killed with a spear by a schoolboy. 

The spear-wielding boy shouted. 

“Leave the weak ones to me! Protect the girls at all costs!” 

There were girls chanting incantations in unison, forming a shield  protecting the airship. 

“Don’t come over here!” 

There were also girls firing offensive magic. 

“Disappear!” 

When Deirdre swung her arm to the side, a burst of wind minced nearby  monsters, causing them to turn into black smoke. 

A battle took place above the deck as well. 

Units of armor were flying around, successively beating down monsters  that would otherwise be no match for people. 

Chris was taking an aggressive and active role. 

Anybody would realize that Chris was strong. 

When Livia finished healing the sailor, she got up and tried to find another injured person. 

“Hey, there are cannons facing us!” 

“They’re surrounding us!” 

“How are we going to blow away all of these monsters?!” 

The airships of the principality readied their artillery. They turned to their side, letting rows of cannons face the luxury liner. 

Livia’s breathing became rough. When she clutched her chest with her hand, the white orb charm worn on her wrist glowed faintly. 

“No. Not like──thiiiis!” 

When she bent back and shouted at the top of her lungs, the cannons all simultaneously emitted flames. 

While nobody was looking at her, Livia’s core flooded with light──enveloping her surroundings in a gentle glow. 

The students and sailors were astonished when seeing that. 

“W, what──” 

“Hey! The monsters are being pushed back!” 

“No way! We weren’t hit by any of the cannonballs!” 

The people around began to make a clamor. 

Livia took deep breaths, spread her arms out, and opened her eyes wide, causing several magic circles to appear around her. 

“──Now you’ll see what I’m capable of!” 

The white orb fastened to her wrist emitted a strong light. 

The light enveloping the luxury liner protected it from the successive cannonballs of the principality’s warships. 

Thin strands of light shot out from the surrounding magic circles, piercing through the monsters. 

The sailor Livia healed looked up at her. 

“Y, you’re quite amazing.” 

After turning around and smiling, Livia then faced forward and saw Leon’s figure. 

“Hang in there, Leon! I’ll protect this area!” 

The shield shined brightly, guarding it from the monsters and the warships of the principality. 

Arrows of light swooped down and blew away approaching monsters. 

Seeing such a spectacle, the surrounding students turned towards Livia. 

“Is this the work of that honor student?” 

“This can’t be real.” 

“Though, now we’ll be able to manage somehow. The result is up to Baltfault.” 

While enduring the fierce assault, Livia looked at Leon. 

Perhaps from pushing herself beyond her limits, her complexion turned pale. 

“Just a little more──please. Let me hold out for just a little longer.” 

Motivating herself, Livia protected the ship. 

◇ 

While surrounded by black smoke, I heard Luxon’s voice. [That surprised me.] “Yeah, same here.” Once the wind cleared up the black smoke, I looked behind me to confirm  the safety of the luxury liner. There was a very large, pale, and spherical light defending the airship. It was magic that had covered the luxury liner and protected it. The magic circles and the light emitting from them were the result of 

Olivia’s power as a saint. I was astonished by its ability to not only protect the luxury liner from the cannons, but also to blow away any approaching monsters. While defending against the incoming cannonballs, light pierced through  the surrounding monsters, causing them to vanish. “Being able to do this much despite not having the key items──” Luxon, who had made prior preparations against the bombardment, spoke. [That’s the result of her diligent studying. She had been doing her best at  the academy, after all. There were merits to her meeting with you, Master. With you protecting her, Olivia was able to devote plenty of time to the pursuit of knowledge.] 

“It’s good that it wasn’t in vain.” [Master, this is a good opportunity. We can attack without having to worry  about the people behind us.] “Olivia bought a lot of time for us. Let’s not make any waste of it.” While facing forward, I loaded shells into the shotgun. 

Schwert’s engine roared as I grasped the handlebars. 

“Now then, here we go!” 

[I have selected the shortest route. Master, try not to get thrown off.] 

While moving straight ahead, the air bike swerved around approaching  monsters, avoiding them as we headed towards the final destination. 

In front of me was a giant whale-like monster. 

It opened its gargantuan mouth, and inside were a countless amount of  eyes staring at me. 

“Disgusting!” 

[What bad taste. However, we will push through.] 

The eyes fired rays of light, magic akin to laser beams, but we dodged all  of them and continued moving straight ahead. Luxon and I charged into its large mouth. 

◇ 

Anjie clutched a handrail inside the shaking warship. 

Forcibly held in this room against her will, she complained towards Hertrude. 

“What an uncomfortable ride this airship provides. Besides, it’s not to my  liking either.” 

Hertrude furrowed a brow. 

“W, what did you say?! Is it not pretty?!” 

“And just how is it pretty?! Do you have bad eyes?” 

Anjie could not fathom the idea of making an airship out of a large monster. She just couldn’t see a monster as pretty. 

Thereupon, Garrett smiled after having received a report. 

“It seems that the man in the vanguard was eaten up.” 

While keeping herself from tearing up, Anjie glared at the man as he spoke with a grin. 

Garrett did not stop voicing his conjectures. 

“What a stupid man. To think he would charge forward by himself. Well, let’s record his name into the principality’s history. We can write him off as a man who faced us alone and died in vain.” 

Garrett made further light of Leon. 

“And he was a knight at that age! The kingdom must have been short on  talented people! What a vast difference compared to the principality!” 

Hearing of Leon’s death, Anjie’s chest tightened to the point of pain. 

“──Leon.” 

As she hung her head, she heard the sound of the floor below creaking. 

Immediately after, Leon, riding an air bike, broke through the floor of the  room and made an appearance. He had pushed through the interior of the monster’s innards and forced his way into the room. 

“Leon!” 

“Duck down!” 

After readying his shotgun, he fired above Anjie’s head, striking the knights and blowing them away. 

They were knights like him. Perhaps protected by magic, the damage  wasn’t fatal. However, it was impossible for them to get up any time soon. Leon got off the air bike, gave a side blow to Garret on the jaw with the  shotgun, then pointed the muzzle at Hertrude. “You’re coming with me. Now it’s your turn to be the hostage.” Hertrude spoke while the muzzle was stilled pointed at her. “You’re making light of us, oh knight of the kingdom. Shall you let us  record your name?” However, Leon immediately fired the shotgun. An armed lady attendant behind Hertrude was blown away. Anjie then noticed something. (Non-lethal rubber bullets?) Leon was calm. “There’s no point in trying to stall this. Bring that magic flute with you. I  don’t have much time. If you’re going to resist──” Anjie found it strange that Leon knew about the magic flute, but Hertrude  accepted it and tossed the flute at Leon. However── [Master, that’s a fake. The real one is hidden under a desk.] Luxon spoke while burning off Garret’s moustache with a laser. It  muttered [Why not take this opportunity to do some hair removal treatment.] Leon was wearing a helmet, but Anjie could tell that he was smiling. “How unfortunate for you, Princess.” 

While Hertrude scowled at Leon, Anjie soon retrieved the genuine magic flute and handed it to him. 

Leon was slightly surprised at Hertrude’s compliance and weak resistance. However, he immediately went to restrain Hertrude’s arms and put her on the air bike. 

Once Anjie got on as well, the warship’s interior began to greatly incline. 

“Leon, could it be?” 

“Since the monster below us is dead, it vanished. We’re plummeting right  now, but we’ll be safe. I’ve taken measures for this, and we’re about to escape.” 

As he said that, Leon revved up the engine and pierced through a wall, escaping outside. 

Leon shouted while pointing the muzzle at Hertrude. 

“Heeeey! We’ve got your beloved princess over here!” 

The armor units from the principality gathered and stopped moving. 

“H, how underhanded. And you call yourself a knight?!” 

After hearing someone’s voice, Leon spoke loudly. 

“Idiot! Go look into a mirror and say that! Now, out of the way!” 

Anjie, clinging onto Leon from behind, brought her face towards his back and smiled. 

The knight who had rushed towards her during a time of crisis was neither elegant nor graceful like how the stories suggested. However, Anjie was very happy. 

“──Thank you──Leon.” 

◇ 

“Damn it! Am I surrounded?” After Schwert returned to the deck of the luxury liner, I dropped off 

Hertrude and Anjie. After checking how many shotgun shells I had, there were only a few left. Looking around, the monsters remained where they were and didn’t move. 

However, the principality’s warships surrounded me. It wasn’t just north, west, east, and south. There were also enemy warships above and below. Chris had returned to the airship, opened the chest of his armor, and  showed up. “Baltfault, what do we do now?!” I hadn’t thought about it. Well, I thought that we would have been able to  return to the kingdom, but it seemed that they wouldn’t let us free. Looking around, both the students and sailors were exhausted. They held out quite well, but their opponents still had strength to spare. Our fighting power had diminished after just fighting the monsters. “Negotiating would be the easiest option.” I glanced at my pocket watch and saw Olivia’s figure reflected onto it. 

She was completely drained and sitting down, but seemed safe and without injuries. 

However, she had pushed herself excessively. For the time being, it would tough for her to move. 

Anjie’s followers rushed over to her, seeming completely helpless. 

Chris’ armor was battered, and to make matters worse, his sword was broken. 

He fought while in that state? What was with him? I had underestimated him a bit. 

“Well then, what will happen next?” 

As I said that, a command was given to the principality’s fleet through a megaphone. 

“The princess has sacrificed her life for the principality! All warships, commence an all-out attack!” 

It was Garrett’s voice. 

Chris’ expression turned sour. 

“She’s still alive. Are they really going to act like the princess of their own country is dead?!” 

Hertrude made a slight smile and stood up. 

“──You know nothing. The principality won’t cease with just this much. I have a replacement. I am merely responsible for the vanguard unit.” 

I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. 

“Vanguard unit? We didn’t clear the final boss?” 

Thereupon, Hertrude took the opportunity to recite an incantation. 

As I pointed the muzzle at her, she smiled. When she finished the incantation──the monsters all moved in unison. 

“What did you do?!” 

When I asked Hertrude, she answered bluntly. 

“You didn’t have enough resolve. You should have shot out me right away. You wonder what I just did? I released the monsters from my control. The monsters who had once been controlled will now go after the one who had been manipulating them. They’ll soon gather to this ship.” 

As I looked around, the monsters completely gathered together, as if drawn to us. 

The principality’s warship also began moving, aiming at our ship. 

Anjie grabbed Hertrude by the collar. 

“Why──why go so far?!” 

“I’ve said it already. It’s for the sake of having the kingdom fall.” 

Looking at Olivia, it seemed that she couldn’t protect the luxury liner with magic anymore. She couldn’t push herself any further. 

I got onto the air bike and spoke to Luxon. 

“In any case, we need to buy some time, let’s go!” 

[Not an issue for me. I’ll be with you through thick and thin.] 

Once the air bike floated in the sky, I pointed the muzzle at the gathering monsters and pulled the trigger. 

The monsters were blown away from the magic and turned into smoke, but new monsters emerged within that smoke. 

──This was the worst. 

◇ 

When Leon flew off, Anjie reached her hand out. Chris, having received new armaments, flew up and killed the surrounding  enemies. 

“──I, I!” 

When the red orb charm fastened to her right wrist glowed faintly, flames  erupted around Anjie. As soon as the flames rose, they gathered and took the form of six spears. 

Anjie knew about this magic. 

“Fire Lance. How did──” 

She was surprised that she invoked a magic spell that she couldn’t use up until now. While thankful, she hurled the spears towards the enemies gathering around Leon. 

“I will──blow away Leon’s opponents!” 

The spears plunged through the herds of monsters, piercing them, burning them, and creating large explosions. 

Many of the monster had vanished, but even so, there were still many enemies. 

One by one, units of armor from the opponent took off from their airships, heading towards the luxury liner. 

When Anjie was about to use the same magic in a hurry, she saw Livia collapse. 

Panicking at how Livia was about to be eaten by monsters in such a state, she fired magic to help her. 

After hitting the monsters with fireballs, burning them until there was nothing left, Anjie rushed over and held Livia in her arms. 

“What are you doing, get up, quickly!” 

Livia’s breathing was rough. 

Furthermore, her legs were staggering. 

“Don’t tell me that you’ve exhausted your magic──” 

Having overconsumed her magic, Livia was pale and couldn’t walk. She  would recover after a while, but sitting in her current spot was too dangerous. 

When Anjie carried her and was about to flee towards the ship’s interior, Livia spoke. 

“I wanted to be helpful. I kept dragging you and Leon down──and I hated that, so I did my best. I wanted to go further, but my body won’t do what it  tell it do.” 

Livia was shedding tears in frustration, but Anjie smiled. 

“You idiot! Your best was plenty. Besides, helping you out isn’t a bother. 

You──You’re my dear friend.” The words Anjie squeezed in embarrassment surprised Livia, causing tears  to travel down her face. 

“Anjie──” 

Immediately, Anjie saw warships of the principality approaching before  her. 

“──Are they charging?” 

A warship of the principality charged towards the luxury liner’s large hull. 

It struck the side, causing it to greatly incline. As the two were about to lose their balance, a monster approached while  opening its big mouth. 

As Anjie pushed Livia out of the way from the monster, she directed her right hand towards it and burned it using magic. 

The monster was wrapped in flames and vanished, but the ship further inclined and swayed, causing Anjie to lose her footing and fall. 

“Anjie!” 

As Livia called out to her, Anjie clutched onto the handrail of the deck. 

Her body had been thrown off of the ship, and she could see the sea beneath her. 

She was high up, and there was no saving her if she fell. Furthermore, there were monsters flying around her. There was the potential for her to get eaten if she fell. 

Some of the students saw Anjie grabbing onto the railing, but were too preoccupied with their own matters and couldn’t help her. 

Unfortunately, the handrail Anjie grabbed was breaking and crumbling. 

Anjie muttered. 

“If I had just said it a little sooner──” 

Flashing before her eyes were the faces of her family, Livia, and Julian too, but finally, Leon’s figure image to mind. While thinking about his grinning face, Anjie smiled. 

“Get along with Livia, you idiot.” 

Time was running out and her hand was about to separate from the rail. 

With a do-or-die spirit, Livia attempted to approach and help her. 

Anjie shouted at Livia. 

“Don’t come over here!” 

“No!” 

Livia responded immediately and jumped over the broken platform, rushing towards Anjie. Livia, pushing her body despite her strength not yet recovering, breathed erratically while grabbing onto to Anjie’s arm and  lifting her up. 

Anjie mustered her strength and climbed up. 

In the end, she didn’t fall, but Anjie got angry at Livia. She couldn’t help  but get mad. 

“You fool! You could have fallen off too!” 

“But──but!” 

Livia lifted her head. She spoke while shedding tears. 

“Didn’t you say we were friends?!” 

Anjie casted her eyes downward while embarrassed. 

“Fool. That’s why I──” 

“I, I’m fine with being a fool. If it means being friends with you──” 

However, the luxury liner shook violently once more, and this time Livia  was driven off the ship. Anjie reached her arm out, but couldn’t reach Livia. 

“──Ah!” 

Seeing Anjie’s grieving face, Livia smiled. As she descended, Anjie was  about to burst into tears. 

A gray air bike then dove straight towards the surface of the sea. 

“Leon!” 

◇ 

I readied my shotgun. 

I prepared to aim at the monsters that tried to eat Olivia as she plummeted. Seeing me, Olivia closed her eyes and put her hands together in front of her chest, as if praying. 

Her affectionate face told me that she placed her faith in me──and it irritated me that I had no choice but to meet her expectations. I couldn’t make any mistakes. 


Surrounding monsters were blown away as I pulled the trigger, and I put  away the shotgun. 

I let go of the handles and let Luxon steer. 

“I’ll be relying on you.” 

[I will adjust our relative velocity. Please take caution.] 

I caught Livia in my arms. 

It looked as if I was performing a princess carry. 

[We will be landing on the sea surface. Prepare for impact.] 

“This is getting really hectic!” 

I tightly held Olivia close, bracing for the impact as the bottom of the air  bike struck the surface of the sea. As we travelled along the sea surface, sprays of water splashed behind us. 

The air bike gradually increased altitude. 

Olivia clung onto me while weeping. 

While embracing her, I lightly patted her head to comfort her. 

“It’s all right now. I’ll get you back up there, so don’t worry, Olivia.” Upon which── “It’s Livia!” She asserted that I call her by her nickname. She seemed to have a stronger  will than before, as if she was angry in some way. 

“Hey, uh──” 

“It’s Livia! Why can’t you call me Livia?! Did you start to hate me? 

Why──are you calling me Olivia?” 

Luxon was silent. 

It was currently piloting Schwert and gradually raising its altitude, but it  would have been nice for it to help me out. I wasn’t good at dealing with these kinds of situations. 

“──I’m no good for you. You should be with a more decent man.” 

“What are you saying?! What does this have to do with other guys?!” 

“I’m no good! There are other guys out there with pretty faces, wealth, and other things, right? You’re better off with a suitable man rather than with me!” 

“I don’t──understand!” 

She would normally become muddled at such a situation like this, but now she was being defiant and stubborn. 

Her partners were the capture target boys. 

They were all useless people, but it was fine as long as Olivia would be  happy. 

Those five were better than me. 

“Someone like Julian!” 

“I don’t want to be with the one who abandoned Anjie!” 

“Well then, look! There’s Jilk!” 

“Isn’t he black-hearted?!” 

“Brad!” 

“A narcissist!” 

“Greg!” 

“A meathead!” 

“Chris!” 

“An attention seeker!” 

It seemed she had perceived their characteristics quite well. That was a bit  amusing. “It can’t be anyone else! I──I want to be with you, Leon! I want Anjie and  us to have fun together like before!” 

H, however, at this rate, I wouldn’t be beneficial for Olivia. 

“N, nothing fruitful will happen if you’re with me! What good do you even  see in me?!” 

“I want to be with you. Leon, you’re kind, strong──no wait, that’s not why. I like you a lot, Leon! That’s all! I like you!” 

I hung my head. 

Up until now, the only other person who openly said that they liked me was my own mother. 

I didn’t think I would hear that in this world. 

Luxon spoke to me. 

[Master, we’re arriving at the airship.] 

I put the shotgun into my hand. I loaded it with bullets, and then I spoke in a quiet voice towards Olivia──err, Livia while embarrassed for some unknown reason. 

“Hold tight onto my back──L, Livia.” 

“Okay!” 

When I said her nickname back then, I was nonchalant about it. 

I didn’t think much of it before, but now I was very conscious about it for  some reason. 

Livia smiled, went around to behind me, and embraced me. What to do? Wouldn’t anybody get nervous having someone’s chest pressed against them? 

I couldn’t sense the feeling of her chest since the clothing I wore was so thick, though! 

Perhaps sensing what was going on from my facial expression, Luxon spoke in a relatively bright voice. 

[Master, your pilot suit has been specially made.] 

“So you’re that kind of person!” 

As I shouted while readying the shotgun, I blew away the monsters that appeared in front of the air bike. 

The luxury liner was inclining from the attacks led by the principality’s warships. 

It seemed that they were completely helpless since the principality’s warships and the monsters gathered around them. 

Running out of shotgun shells to fire, I was forced to return to the luxury  liner and sneak Schwert onto the deck. 

Luxon spoke. 

[Schwert, thank you for your hard work. I will definitely do some  maintenance on you afterwards.] 

I placed the shotgun inside Schwert and took Livia along as I got off. 

Anjie ran up. 

She and Livia then embraced each other. 

“You fool. Fool! You had me worrying.” 

“Anjie──I’m sorry.” 

It was precious seeing the girls cry while hugging each other. Who was it  that said a friendship between girls would be short-lived? This was lovely. 

Mayhem ensued within the battlefield. 

Due to the principality’s warships, we were indeed in danger, even if there  weren’t any cannonballs being launched. At this rate, the luxury liner would sink. 

Luckily, there haven’t been any casualties, but it was only a matter of time if things continued on like this. 

“Luxon. How much longer?” 

[As calculated──it has just arrived.] 

Once I heard that, I took out my pocket watch and checked the time. 

Right on time──perfect. 

In the far distance, I could make out the figure of Partner. 

While Anjie was hugging Livia, she could see Partner approach. 

“Could it be that you called it over? Being able to send information to it at such a distance──” 

I smiled in response to Anjie. 

“It was standing by somewhere close. I’m a worrywart, after all. Luxon──” 

[I’ve already done it.] 

Before I could finish speaking, Luxon stated that preparations were ready. 

It was time to leave the chatting aside. 

The military formation of the principality’s troops was destroyed once the new airship, Partner, entered the battlefield. 

◇ 

Garrett escaped into a warship. 

He issued commands while yelling inside the bridge of that warship. 

“What are you doing?! Hurry and sink it!” 

A soldier objected. “Our allies are there! Besides, isn’t the princess still safe?” When Garrett tried to touch his non-existing moustache, he realized that it  was already gone and tightly clenched his fist. His moustache was his pride. He had been grooming it daily, and yet it was completely gone now. His  handlebar moustache had vanished when he woke up. That knight. That knight was the one who did it. Garrett burned with a  desire for revenge, seeking no rest until he could get back at his opponent. “Why did you charge?!” The soldiers averted their eyes in response to what Garrett said. (These people must have purposely charged forward in order to save the  princess. That must be the reason why they aren’t bombarding them! She even has a replacement, though!) When Garrett kicked some nearby equipment in frustration, it was surprisingly sturdy, hurting his leg. “Gah! T, this is also the work of that hateful man. I despise the one who robbed me of my moustache!” A sailor shouted. “W, we’ve spotted a new warship! It’s estimated to span around seven hundred meters!” Garrett looked outside in a hurry. “Foolish! For reinforcements from the kingdom to come at this time──” He violently snatched binoculars from a soldier, and when he examined the  area, he saw one strange airship heading towards them. 

“What? I can only see two cannons.” 

The soldiers were also curious. 

“It’s shape is also unnatural. Also, moveable cannons? And there’s only  two of them?” It was common to fight by suppressing an enemy with numerous cannons  fixed to the side, making the shape of this airship too unnatural. 

Garrett stroked his lonesome lips. 

“Sink it. Such a crude airship is an eyesore. There is no problem if we  collect its floating stone.” 

The objects that allowed airships to fly were called floating stones. 

It was due to them that airship technology had developed. This was a  world where airships could be made with designs that were anything but simple, all due to the existence of floating stones. 

It would have been no problem if the opposing threat in front of them was just a mere airship. 

“Surround it at once.” 

Thereupon, the opponent faced towards the warship Garrett was in and fired a cannonball at it. 

The warship shook tremendously and navigation became impossible due to an important engine being damaged. 

“W, what’s going on?!” 

“The enemy is bombarding us!” 

“A bombardment? As if it can reach us at this distance!──Augh!” 

Once the opponent began more bombardments, warships of the principality began to successively lose their ability to navigate. 

Garrett saw something ejected from the opponent and noticed it heading towards the inclining luxury liner. 

“W, what in the world?” 

After a portion of the ceiling fell down due to the bombardment, hitting Garrett directly on the head and causing him to bleed, he could only imagine what would happen afterwards. 

◇ 

A large box had descended onto the deck. 

The students’ eyes shined with hope after seeing that box. 

Chris made a complicated expression, but it seemed that he was still  relieved. 

He descended near me with his battered armor and called out to me. 

“Baltfault, is this your doing?” 

I held Luxon with one hand and turned around. 

“Who do you think you’re talking to? Rejoice──this is my victory.” 

It was natural that the victor had already been decided. 

Luxon addressed me. 

[Master, units of armor from the opponent are heading this way. I request  for permission to deploy the drones.] 

Once I nodded my head, Partner began ejecting battle drones one after the other. 

They had only an upper-body, making them look like legless armor, and each of them carried a different weapon. 

Once the box unfolded and opened, a unit of gray armor, Arroganz, appeared. 

Its chest was open, waiting for me to enter. 

Anjie and Livia seized Hertrude while watching me. 

Hertrude looked at Arroganz and narrowed her eyes. 

“Don’t tell me that’s a lost item.” 

While getting on Arroganz, I replied to Hertrude. 

“It seems you’re well-informed. That’s right. It’s a lost item.” 

“I remember now. There was a young knight who earned fame in the kingdom as an adventurer. Was that you?” 

Luxon said something like [That’s not really convincing,] but I ignored it and closed the chest of Arroganz, looking at an image of my surroundings. 

The monsters gathered together and the knights from the principality began to move. 

I smiled as Arroganz began starting up. 

“Let’s go at them relentlessly. My one-sided battling continues here!” 

[Master, you’ve already counterattacked them, though.] 

“This is a matter of how I feel! I’m here to let them know just who exactly they picked a fight with. I will drive fear into the minds of the fools from the principality!” 

Drones equipped with machine guns were ejected from a container on Arroganz’s back. 

As they continuously decimated each monster, I spoke to Anjie and the others. 

“Take refuge!” 

Anjie and Livia nodded their heads. 

“Alright, we’ll leave the rest to you.” 

“Leon, you must come back.” 

Thereupon, Chris stood beside me. 

“Let me help you.” 

Was he still holding out despite how battered his gear was? 

“Do whatever you want. Just don’t get in my way.” 

Chris made a slight smile despite my abusive language. 

“I’ll make the most of it!” 

Well, I was troubled by how he just accepted it. I was expecting a response like “I don’t want to hear that from you!”──Whatever. 

“Luxon take out the large rifle and──the blade.” 

[Opening container number one.] 

While carrying a large rifle in my right arm, I held a blade with the left. 

As Arroganz slowly lifted away from the deck, Chris flew next to me. 

Seeing Arroganz appear up in the sky, the monsters came rushing to attack it. 

“It’s futile.” 

Drones gathered around Arroganz, immediately clearing out the monsters with machine guns. 

Seeing that, Chris contemplated while saying “I was crazy to think I could challenge that with a sword.” 

He should have realized that sooner. 

The drones sent from Partner kept company with the monsters and units of armor, protecting the luxury liner. 

When armor from the principality approached me, I pointed the rifle at it and pulled the trigger, blowing the armor’s head away. 

“Now then, how about breaking that fighting spirit you all have?” 

[You really do seem like a villain, Master.] 

With a grin, I clutched the joysticks controlling Arroganz. 

◇ 

Garrett saw the scene from the warship’s bridge. 

“Is he a monster?” 

Not just the principality’s warships, but even their armor were being put  out of commission. 

The gray armor was heavily plated, a form far from mainstream. 

At first he had laughed at how unshapely it was, but his face paled as his  allies kept going down. 

A nearby soldier spoke out. 

“Earl, should we retreat now?” 

Garrett sent a blow to that soldier. 

He had strengthened his fist using magic and sent him flying. 

“Retreat? What a stupid thing to say. If the troops of the principality return after having lost to schoolchildren from the kingdom, we’ll be the laughing  stock!” 

The soldier got up and wiped the blood from his lips. 

“H, however, the damage to our troops has already──” 

“They stole our princess, stole the magic flute, and now we might lose to a  child! There is no way we can retreat!” 

If Garrett and the others returned home in such a state, there would be no future for them. 

Garrett, who would have to take responsibility for that, had no choice but  to sink the enemy in front of him. 

He chewed on his nail and his eyes became bloodshot. 

“So the kingdom has a new model of armor. My position will be in danger  at the very least if we don’t sink that before we return.” 

As Garrett muttered to himself without worrying about the glances around him, some knights came to the bridge. 

Seeing the specially made black uniforms they wore, Garrett instantly  lifted his face. 

He looked at the knight leading them and smiled. 

“That’s right. We have you. The principality’s strongest hero.” 

An aging man looked at Garrett’s face while seeming annoyed. 

The top of the man’s head was bald and there was a large scar on his forehead. He had a large muscular body and unlike the other knights, he wore plate mail. 

He was the only one wearing plate mail, and since the people around him wore military uniforms or knights’ clothing, he seemed to stand out. 

However, this was the attire of a man who was constantly ready for combat at any time. 

The people of the principality did not feel any discomfort in this man’s getup. 

“I was told that there were orders to not let me lead an assault. I even heard that the princess had been captured. You’ll be chastised for this later. We’ll be forming a sortie.” 

There was a glimmer of hope in the eyes of the soldiers. 

They wanted this person to do something about the rampaging airship and  armor in front of them. 

Garrett nodded his head many times in delight. 

“Well, that’s no problem. Viscount ‘Bandel Hymn Zenden’. I leave it to  you and the others.” 

The knights left the warship’s bridge. 

Garrett made a stifled laughter. 

“With this, everything has been settled.” 

However, the beaten soldier spoke. 

“B, but, we were given an order from the country to not let Viscount 

Zenden──” 

Garrett laughed scornfully. 

“Zenden made the sortie of his own accord. Besides, are you stupid enough to not let us play our strongest card? The ‘Black Knight’ will be able to kill that monster. After all, he’s the strongest knight in the principality.” 

The principality’s strongest knight began to go after Leon. 



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