The ability to gauge your opponent’s strength is vital to survival in tense situations. He must have grasped at my true strength during our little exchange there. Tossing aside his sword, Dominique raised his hands in surrender. Gregory, however, wasn’t interested in being that passive.
“What in the world are you doing, you imbecile!? Why won’t you just quickly defeat him so we can move on!?” (Gregory)
“Shut it, you stupid noble! It’s better to get arrested than to face this monstrous person, don’t you think!?” (Dominique)
“Ugh… there seems to be no other way. Oi, you over there. Are you sure you can’t look the other way? If it’s gold you want, I can provide you with plenty, you know?” (Gregory)
“Pass, I don’t need it. Sorry to disappoint you, but I don’t have any plans to let you escape.” (Sirius)
It’s to be expected that I won’t let Gregory go, but if I think about the future, I can’t let Dominique go either.Dominique is the leader of a mercenary group, and works for the underground. If I let him go now, there’s no telling how much trouble he could cause for me in the future. Furthermore, I plan to make him pay for hurting Reus in the fight earlier.
“Please hold a minute! We already have lost interest in this revolution, so please spare us! That’s right, if gold coins aren’t enough, we have white gold coins as well! With those, you could live your life comfortably without working ever again! Furthermore, isn’t already enough to have this unconscious man here?” (Dominique)
“You’re talking a lot for someone in your position, do you think I’m stupid? You’re buying time, perhaps trying to strike me down with magic while I focus on you?” (Sirius)
Turning to Gregory, who was chanting to prepare his magic, I heard Dominique click his tongue in annoyance as he realized that his plan had been seen through. Rushing me down with his sword drawn, he swung at me.
“Cheh! He’s really troublesome enemy.” (Dominique)
“I could say the same of you; you play a lot of tricks.” (Sirius)
After deflecting his sword swing to the side, I stepped in close to Dominique and grabbed his arm. Using his momentum, I tripped him and threw him down onto the ground, smashing the back of his hard hard. That was not enough to finish it though, he continued to swing the sword like clockwork even from that uncomfortable position.
“I wasn’t going easy on you in the slightest, but that still wasn’t enough to finish you, huh?” (Sirius)
“Of course not! This thing allows me to keep fighting at my strongest, it would be a waste for me to play dead!” (Dominique)
“You’re using ‘Life Boost’ huh? I hate that detestable thing.” (Sirius)
Though her life was drawing to a close already, that drug was what killed mother.
I tried to suppress the effects of that drug, but no matter how much I tried, she wasn’t going to make it more than a day after ingesting it.
I have complicated feelings about it, but at least at that time we were able to spend one last day with her in complete happiness.
Gregory is planning to attack me with magic while Dominique distracts me. Good, that’s an appropriate method when pairing up against a tough opponent.
“Spear of fire, [Flame—… wha!?” (Gregory)
Gregory invoked [Flame Lance], but before it could fully take form, I interrupted it with my own [Flame Lance]. When Emilia would do the same thing the spells would explode, but I do it fast enough that it simply dissipates into the air.