Chapter 27: Covenant

It’s a magic stone party!

Thanks to Rosemas’s support fire, Lucius was able to defeat the orc captain Geth and his men with ease.

Battle?

Lucius, who thought his safety was secured, was able to fight so easily.

Swing the holy sword!

The orc is dead!

Swing the holy sword!

The orc captain is dead!

The end.

In the process, Lucius avoided the enemy’s attacks with fancy movements and not just swung the power of the holy sword, but tried to fight with swordsmanship.

The power of the holy sword would protect Lucius anyway, but Rosemas sniped the orc who was aiming for Lucius’s neck with a silver arrow and defeated him.

The fact that Captain Geth fought Lucius in a one-on-one duel, threw the orc’s corpse, and fled ugly, eventually dying in Lucius’s holy sword storm was a minor matter.

What was truly important was the magic stones left behind by the orcs we defeated.

This is the real party!

After the orcs melted in the holy sword storm.

I directly put my hand into the orcs’ hearts and collected the magic stones.

It was hard to collect them one by one, but I concentrated on farming magic stones, enjoying the feeling that my body’s lifespan was extended by a week every time I collected one.

‘It was good that I made holes in advance.

There were holes in the orcs’ chests.

Since their heavy bodies didn’t disappear anywhere, I could immediately collect magic stones from the burned flesh by simply putting my hand into the hole inside their fallen bodies.

Some of them I had killed with my flame thorn spear, and most of them were those who had died once from the holy sword, and I had burned their hearts with my thorn spear as a final kill.

If this is pork, then Lucius slaughtered the pig and cooked it well for me to eat.

Of course, I was the one eating it.

I had no intention of taking the magic stones I collected from the hearts of these orcs back to the village and ‘selling’ them.

‘Absorb them as soon as you collect them.”

Saaah.

As soon as I held the magic stone, I pressed it hard with my hand and absorbed the mana.

Still, the orcs were orcs, and each of the orcs’ magic stones contained more mana than five goblins.

It’s a bit awkward to call the magic absorption a feeling of fullness, but the orcs felt more full than the goblins.

“Hehehe.”

I couldn’t help but laugh.

Originally, I would have left everything to Lucius and played around behind him, but if the orcs had this much mana, there was no reason not to take the trouble of absorbing the mana myself.

It felt thrilling and good when I ate them one by one, so how would I feel if I absorbed all that Lucius was currently recovering at once?

What about the mana of the leader orc, Geth, who had fallen to the ground?

Just as there is a difference between goblins and orcs, there must be a clear difference between a regular orc and a leader orc.

I would obtain a huge amount of mana through this battle.

I did use some of my mana during the battle, but I recovered all of the loss by absorbing five orcs.

‘It’s a shame that I can’t use the orcs effectively, though.

This battle was truly perfect.

He easily defeated the orcs, and he knew when Lucius needed to protect me and when he didn’t.

He also annihilated the orcs without anyone getting hurt, and he even saved an elf who was almost eaten by the orcs.

However, there was just one problem.

– You annihilated the orcs?

How?

– With the holy sword!

-The holy sword…?

Oh, you’re the hero of the holy sword!

-Oh!

The master told me not to say that.

Ta-da Or something.

-How were you saved?

– The hero of the holy sword saved me.

-The hero of the holy sword?

– Yes.

The hero who uses the holy sword of wind saved me…! Or something.

The problem is that the method of defeating the orcs was the “holy sword”.

Since we’re moving with the intention of hiding the fact that we’re the hero of the holy sword, we need to minimize the variables caused by that as much as possible.

What?

In that case, wouldn’t it have been better not to use the holy sword?

“Lucius, I will help you too.”

“It’s okay, Rosemas.

You don’t need to have the blood of orcs on your hands.”

“But if I only receive help like this….”

I could feel the plausibility in his face once again.

‘Because I did it.’

Ah.

As expected, a handsome man is naturally attracted to women.

I have also sneaked into adventurer parties with my handsome body and ruined the party by luring the female members.

“I’ll fan you with my hands!”

“Oh, that’s fine…”

“I’m doing it because I want to!”

Look at that lovable elf next to Lucius, shaking her hands and chest as hard as she can, trying to show off.

A silver-haired elf bigger than me.

I saved that elf and won the elf’s favor, so how could I not use the holy sword?

In exchange for giving up one of my achievements as an adventurer, I got my hands on a foolish elf who fell in love with Lucius, the warrior of the holy sword!

“Explain it to us later.

For the sake of my achievement.”

After pulling out all the remaining magic stones, I turned to the two who were still arguing over whether to help or not.

“Then, would you help my master instead of me?”

“…”

“Ro, Rosemas?”

“Your master..”

“No need.”

I quickly cut off Lucius’s words and approached Lucius.

“Here, do you want to pour it all in?”

“Magic stones?”

“Of course.”

I took off the robe I was wearing and made a bundle.

Lucius obediently poured the magic stones he had collected – of course, he had collected more – into my bundle, and I picked out a few that were in bad condition and absorbed them one by one.

“You’ve worked hard, Lucius.

You’ve worked hard, too, Rosemas.”

“I didn’t do anything,”

“Just looking at the corpses of the orcs must have been hard.”

“I’m not that weak of a woman.”

It was a little annoying to hear her talk back, but considering her fighting ability, she wasn’t so weak that she was completely useless.

She must have fallen into a trap and been captured.

It was a little strange that she was captured alone without any companions, but I decided not to pay much attention to her.

“Lucius.

Can you retrieve the magic stone from the Orc captain?

I need to speak with Rosemas for a moment.”

“Ah, that.”

“I’ll be right back.”

Before Rosemas could even reach out, Lucius walked towards the Orc captain who had fallen far away.

“Rosemas.”

“____What’s going on?”

“I am Bell, the Crimson Magician, who awoke from a 500-year long sleep to seal the Demon King.”

Rosemas flinched at my introduction and looked me up and down.

“You may not believe it, but it’s true.

After the battle with the Demon King, I sealed myself at the request of the previous warrior.

If there are any signs of the Demon King appearing again, I will wake up from my long sleep and act again.”

“… Really?”

His voice was starting to get a little anxious.

I don’t know how old the elf is, but at least the elves who survived from when I was causing a fuss until now wouldn’t be weak enough to be captured by the orcs.

“T-T-If it’s 500 years ago!”

“Demon King Bel-”

“That, that’s enough!”

In other words, this elf is younger than 500 years old.

He is a modern-day elf who fears the name Belphegor.

“…He who must not be called by his name, so why keep calling him that Demon King’?”

There are seven Demon Kings, but if you say that Demon King here, of course, they will know it is Belphegor.

Rosemas doesn’t seem stupid enough to need an explanation.

“I am on a journey to seal that Demon King.

But really, there was no choice’ to use Lucius’ holy sword.

Yes, to save you, Lady Rosemas.”

Forcing responsibility.

“I need a promise from Lady Rosemas.

A promise that you will not tell anyone what happened today.”

“Hey, a promise…?”

“Yes.

A promise.

That promise is…”

Rather than me.

“Um, do it with Lucius.”

“Lucius and…?”

Oh my.

You’re already calling my name.

I can clearly see him thinking about what to name the quarter elf right now.

“Yes.

Please make a promise with Lucius.

Since Lucius is the master of the holy sword.”

However, the Demon King uses everything he can.

“The one who released the holy sword to save you is Lucius.”

It’s a pun.

Although Lucius stepped forward only after I ordered the release of the Holy Sword, it’s not a lie that he ‘released the Holy Sword to save Rosemas.

“I, really…?”

“Of course.

Who saved you?

Even though he had the power to wipe out the orcs in one blow, Lucius was the first to save you.

Even though he could have given the enemies time to see the power of the Holy Sword and respond.”

“Ah…”

The order is different, but since it’s not a lie, my words will feel even more true to Rosemas.

“I’m a guide to help the Hero of the Holy Sword seal the Demon King.

I think it would be right to make a promise with you about the Holy Sword.”

“I see….”

“However.”

Before making a promise.

“My personal wish is that you kiss Lucius-”

“Yes?!

Lu, kiss Lucius?!

I, I’m not ready yet…”

“Excuse me.”

I didn’t mean to kiss him.

“What I meant to say is…”

“Master?”

A cold voice was heard from behind me.

“I brought the magic stone.”

“Thank you for your hard work, Lucius.

But is something wrong?

You don’t look well.”

“It’s nothing.”

“Um…

The death of the Orc Captain must have been a bit disappointing.

I’m sorry.

I sent you away alone.”

“That’s not it, so don’t worry.

What I’m worried about is…”

Lucius stood in front of me and met Rosemas’s gaze.

“Rosemas.

I have to hide the fact that I’m a Hero of the Holy Sword for the time being.”

“Yes, yes…”

“So please, can you keep quiet about what happened between me and my master?”

“Yes!!”

Rosemas nodded, raising her hand.

“I’ll keep it a secret no matter what!”

“Thank you, Lady Rosemas.

Master, then…”

“Hey, you can’t just make a promise with words.”

Verbal promises have no effect.

“Lady Rosemas.

I’m sorry, but you need to make a more definite promise.”

“More, more definite…?”

“Yes.

If I had to say…”

There’s a really good way.

“The kiss of the oath.

Lucius, kiss Lady Rosemas and solidify your covenant…”

“No.”

Hey.

Rosemas has no expression right now.

What if I suddenly ruin the mood like this?

Barely holding back my swearing, I was about to confront Lucius when…

“My first kiss is…with the person I love.

I want to have it at my wedding with the person I truly love.”

“…”

It seems Lucius was a crazy, innocent person.

“Ah…”

Rosemas’s heart sank once more at Lucius’s words.

They play well together.”

I just found those little kids funny.