The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero

Book 6: Chapter 20

Magic Sword.

That is the Magic Swordsmans secret technique, which clads a weapon in magical power and raises its offensive ability.

The Fire Magic Sword which clads it in fire, the Wind Magic Sword which clads it in wind.

There was a Magic Sword for every attribute, but excluding the cases where there was a need to think about the attribute as an opposition method against magic and the Elements that were currently appearing in mankinds territory, there was no particular reason for the practitioner to choose an attribute.

To the very end, the objective was to increase the attacks might.

There was no superiority or inferiority between any Magic Sword attribute, and the practitioner would chose the attribute depending on their own preference and affinitythat is what is said.

However, Sancreed wondered if that really was true.

Certainly, the Magic Sword was something only meant to increase offensive ability.

Even if he poured in enough magical power to the point that the weapon couldnt endure it and break, a Fire Magic Sword wouldnt burn anything, and a Water Magic Sword wouldnt wet anything.

But, Sancreed always thought this.

The Magic Sword, isnt its current technique form incomplete, and isnt there something even beyond this

No matter how many times he wielded a sword, those doubts wouldnt be resolved, and Sancreed wouldnt even grasp a clue for them.

Sancreeds doubts deepened even further after seeing Fainells Magic Fist.

Fainells Magic Fist wasnt limited to just strengthening her fists, magical power of that attribute would pour onto the opponent that received the blow.

It also seemed that Fainell wasnt purposely pouring that magical power on them, so he was able to interpret that as the cause possibly being the difference in properties between fists and swords.

However, on a certain day.

Having visited the Demon King Castles Grand Library for some reason, Sancreed found a certain account within a copy of a book.

That book was something where the information that the intelligence unit had gathered was collected into something simple, as well as a log of when Rokuna had directly gone to mankinds territory for the sake of researching Summon Magic.

What was written there, was vocabulary that bothered him.

Fire Charge.

Those were the words of a young Human girl, who lived in a country in mankinds territory called the St. Altlis Kingdom, had shouted.

The fact that what was actually done was that it clad her spear with fire magical power was written in the report that the intelligence operative Ein, who had witnessed it, had made.

Even a note saying that this much was something that often happened in this generation of mankind was added, and that they didnt really get the meaning of thatbut the vocabulary Fire Charge had strangely tugged at Sancreeds heart.

When Sancreed raised his face from the book and turned around, Rokunas figure as she was buried in a mountain of books and documents as usual was there.

Rokuna, theres something I want to ask you.

What. If youre trying to increase my work, then Ill send you flying.

I want to ask you something about when you went to mankinds territory.

Hearing Sancreeds words, Rokuna went Nn and groaned.

If its about Summon Magic, I wont tell you anything. If its anything other than that, then I dont know since I didnt care. Ah, but, if its related to the Elements, then ask Ver-cchi or Ykslaas.

No, it isnt about thatIts about the young Human girl called Seira thats written here. It seems that shes a student of the Edius Adventurer School, but do you know anything else?

Seiraa?

Being told that, Rokuna tilted her head with a difficult face.

After having her gaze wander about in the air for a while, Rokuna brought her gaze back to Sancreed.

Sorry, I dont remember her at all. Now that you mention it, it does feel like someone like that was there though.

I see.

With her like this, Rokuna probably really had no interest in her. It didnt seem like he would learn anything even if he asked Rokuna any more than this.

It would be fine if he just waited until the intelligence operative called Ein, who wrote the report, returned, but he couldnt help but be bothered by it.

By chance, wouldnt this young girl possess the key to resolving his own doubts?

Sancreed couldnt help but feel that way.

Even after continuing and flipping through the pages, accounts regarding the young girl called Seira didnt appear.

There were awfully a lot of accounts regarding a young man called Kain, who seemed to be a student of the same Adventurer School as Seira, and regarding Summon Magic, but there was absolutely nothing regarding anything else.

He wouldnt obtain anymore information than this here.

After determining that, Sancreed closed the book and placed it back on the shelf.

After leaving quietly so that he wouldnt disturb Rokuna who started groaning in front of the documents for some reason, he ascended the stairs and headed towards Ykslaass room on the second floor.

Ah, Sancreed-sama. Good morning.

Along the way, Sancreed was called to a stop by a light blue maid.

AhhIf I remember correctlyMarin, was it?

Yes. Sancreed-sama, is something the matter?

NnI have a bit of business to take care of, see.

Marin was one of the three maid girls that Vermudol was said to have created no too long ago. Sancreed had not spoken with her up until now, but he couldnt help but feel that it would be hard for him to deal with Marin.

By some chance, the cause might be due to him vaguely feeling that Marin had an atmosphere similar to Ichika.

Is that so. Well then, seeing as how I will continue my cleaning, I shall take my leave.

Yeah.

Seeing Marin off as she left, Sancreed went fumu and nodded.

He had heard there was a problem with her personality, but he felt that she was normal from their conversation just now.

Rather, he felt that she was more amiable than Ichika.

Rumors are rumorshuh. Looks like I have also been caught up in prejudice as well.

While muttering that sort of thing, Sancreed went to stand in front of the door to Ykslaass room.

Confirming the name written on the wooden plate, he opened the door.

When he did, what was there was Ykslaass figure standing there with her arms folded while her cheek was twitching.

For some reason, she looked visibly displeased.

Whats wrong?

When Sancreed asked that, Ykslaas breathed a deep sigh.

Sancreed. Im sure I taught you that you should knock when entering a ladys room. How many times has this happened now.

Ahh, I forgot. Sorry.

To begin with, you sure are good at coming with the timing of when a person is changing their clothes, arent you. If I hadnt heard Marins voice outside, it would have been terrible.

Allow me to apologize for that. It wasnt like I had any ill will though.

Thats right, Sancreed had no ill will.

Merely, the act of knocking on the door was something he just couldnt learn to do.

Kicking down doors is a specialty of mine though.

If you were to do that, I would throw you out through the window.

After Sancreed averted his eyes from being glared at by Ykslaas, he began to talk as if he had remembered something.

Ahh, thats right. I came here because I had something I wanted to ask about.

Our discussion still hasnt finished thoughWell, its fine. What is it?

When you met with Rokuna in mankinds territoryThe Aledora Forest, was it? I want to ask about the story of that time. Especially about the young Human girl called Seira.

Hearing the name Seira, Ykslaass eyes were tinged with a look of nostalgia.

Even the various times where she made a racket together with her were good memories for her.

Maybe because there was a big difference between how she was at that time and her current awareness, she felt that the last time that they had met was quite a long time ago.

Its been a while since Ive heard that name. What about her?

Yeah. Fire ChargeDo you recall hearing these words?

After Ykslaas placed a hand on her chin and pondered for a bitbefore long, she said ahh and put her hands together.

I remember now. Thats right, she certainly did say something like that sometimes. But, what about it? I dont really think that that is something to be particularly bothered about though.

Right. If I were to put it frankly, it might be a clue to mydoubts regarding the Magic Sword.

Doubts, huh

After Ykslaas closed her eyes as if to remember something, she once again opened her eyes and focused on Sancreed.

Im sorry. Honestly speaking, I didnt have that much of an interest in her so I didnt pay much attention to her. Thats why I cant really answer your question.

I see.

Butthats right. If I recall correctly, youve met the eldest son of the St. Altlis Kingdoms Albania Duke Housewith Nefas, right?

By Nefas, if I remember correctly, that was the man who became the Temple Knight of Wind or whatever, wasnt it, is what Sancreed recalled.

Thats right. I dont recall conversing with him all that much though.

I think that he would know more about her. If I am remembering correctly, I feel like Seira should have talked about various things about him.

The man called Nefas should have currently changed his affiliation to the Jiol Forest Kingdom.

In that case, it was also possible to go and directly meet with him.

It was much better than going to meet with the young girl called Seira who he wasnt acquainted with at all.

Thinking that way, Sancreed said his thanks to Ykslaas.

I see. You have my thanks.

No, Im happy if I could be helpful. Also, next time, Ill get mad if you dont knock.

I will strive to do so.

Where in that is there a need to strive to do it

Turning his back to Ykslaas who was glaring at him with half-closed eyes, Sancreed left the room.

Sancreed was already resolved to meet with Nefas.

If he was going to go to mankinds territory, he would need to entrust his work to someone during that time.

He would also need to mention it to Vermudol, and it would probably be best to ask the other Four Cardinal Generals to do a bit of a follow up for him.

That being said, it wasnt like the other Four Cardinal Generals had nothing but free time.

In that caseGot to go with Fainell. Ill ask her.

Calling to mind that she was the sole member of the Four Cardinal Generals that he could reliably assert that she had free time, Sancreed nodded.