CH 410

“Guoooooooooh!”

“Dedite-kun!”

“Don’t worry, Nora, stay back! !”

Dedite uses water jails to attack Crowder, Nora’s father, who was transformed into an ogre. The water chains from his hands entwine around his right arm and left leg, stopping Crowder from moving forward.

“Gaaaaaaah!”

However, he pulled the water jail with all his might, and Dedite was thrown into the air. But even so, Dedite twisted his body calmly and stared at Crowder below him.

“I guess you won’t stop with just this! ! And then !”

“Gurooooouuuu!”

“Damn it …… you’re good ……”

The plan was to blindfold him with the fireball’s blast and stitch his feet to the ground with the lance, but Crowder didn’t care and came attacking. As he landed on the ground, his left arm slumped down as he blocked the attack with both arms.

“I’m can’t get enough power ……!”

“You fool! I didn’t think you would take this attack with your bare hands! This is the end!”

“Stop! !”

“Mu ……!”

“How about this for distance ……! !”

Nora’s fire arrow stabbed him in the arm and distracted Crowder. Immediately afterwards, he used his moving right arm to use fireball on him at a distance of one fist.

“Guoah!? Damn kid!”

“You won’t hit me!”

“Dedite-kun, over here!”

Even though he was transformed into an ogre, the fireball at close range seemed to have done some damage, and he stepped on him. He still tries to strike, but Dedite slips through his arms and makes his way to Nora’s side. 

“He’s already regenerating …… So it’s the same ogre that they fought when Luciel-chan was kidnapped. “

“Are you okay ……?”

“Yeah. At any rate, I’m surprised at how quick it was, though.”

Although he is numb, hitting an opponent in the air requires skill, it’s probably just a crack at worst, so he mutters to himself with a cold sweat.

“If I had a sword at least ……!”

“Fuahhahha, now, Nora! Come with me to the Gospel’s Descent’s side. I’ll make it so that we’ll live in Berias.”

“Nora’s my wife. I’m not going to let that happen.”

“That’s right! I’m not going with dad! I’m staying here!”

“So you’re going to throw me away just like her! Then I’ll just take you whether you like it or not!”

In a fit of rage, Crowder jumps at them with one step. In response, Dedite also jumped forward and struck out in a rare display of anger!

“If you wanted her to stay close to you so badly, why didn’t you take care of her when she was a kid! If she hadn’t met Verna-sensei, she might have died in the mountains! Beating her and being taken away from you …… isn’t it all your own fault!!”

“Shut up ……! This town …… this country …… is trying to get rid of me ……!”

“Still saying that!! !”

Dedite avoids Crowder’s fist and unleashes a spell to the stomach. As planned, he penetrates the belly, but he remains there, grabbing Dedite’s head and tightening it.

“Ugh ……! Move.”

“Guaaaaaaah!?”

The moment she heard the creaking sound, Nora immediately ran to Dedite, and then–

“Gahaaa!?”

–A fist strengthened with Strength pierced Crowder’s right cheek, sending him sprawling to the ground. And Nora cries out with tears streaming down her face.

“Dad, you idiot!!! It’s all about you! That’s why mom run away from you! I’m a girl! Dedite-kun’s wife! Dad didn’t come for me after you got out of jail! You left me!”

“Nora……”

“Dad ……? You’re Nora ……? Nora immediately died after being born …… No, it’s Nord who …… A-Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!?”

“What the ……?”

“Dad ……?”

Crowder suddenly held his head and began to suffer, and Dedite and Nora, who supported his shoulders, muttered with surprise. After that, Crowder’s body begins to shrink.

“M-My body …… It hurts!?”

“I-Is he returning to normal ……? Lars didn’t say anything about that …… No, this is a good chance! …… Hm? That’s ……”

“Dedite-kun! It’s father-in-law and the others!”

“Dedite, take it!”

“Dad!? Thank you ……!”

Hearing the commotion from the mansion, Roen jumped out and threw his greatsword at Dedite. He ran as fast as he could, grabbed it in midair, and swung it down at Crowder in its sheath.

“You little ……!”

“It’s Dedite, remember that! …… I’ll have you tell me how you ended up like that. But it’s an emergency right now, so I’m going to apprehend you in first.”

Crowder’s body began to return and he put his hands out in front of him in an attempt to defend himself. But Nora, who’s on the ground,

“!”

“What ……!?”

The magic chain trapped his foot, Crowder lost his balance, and Dedite’s greatsword hit him in the face.

“Guha ……!?”

He fell on his back, his arms and legs twitching as he passed out.

“Phew …… I don’t know what returned him to normal, but that saved me.”

“Dedite-kun!”

“Dedite, Nora, are you okay? I’m sorry I didn’t notice sooner.”

“No. Thanks, Dad. Oh, by the way, earlier, Ryuuze-kun and Aina chased after Tilia-chan because she was kidnapped by the Gospel’s Descent. They seem to be one of them, and we’re going after them too.”

When Dedite says this while carrying the greatsword on his shoulder, Roen puts his hand on his chin and opens his mouth to look at Crowder and the Gospel’s Descent.

“So they started moving …… But why Tilia-chan? I’ll think about it later. I’ll take care of these guys, so you go to save Tilia-chan with Ryuuze-kun. If you don’t get her back before Tigre-sensei does, it’s going to rain blood.”

“I-I guess so. Then, Nora, you wait at the mansion with Dad.”

“I’ll go too ……”

“If I leave, there’ll be no one left to fight. Don’t worry, the others will be there, so I’ll be back.”

When Dedite smiled, Nora looked down a little and then nodded.

“All right. I’ll be waiting for you! Take care of Aina-chan and Tilia-chan, okay.”

“Yeah!”

“Oops, here’s your Mom’s medicine.”

“Thanks!”

Dedite turned on his heel and ran into town. Crowder’s condition was not normal. Maybe he was being manipulated, Dedite thought.

“…… There must be some culprit who made him an ogre. The Gospel Descent and the Berias Kingdom need to be reported to His Majesty …… Huh, wait a minute, that’s–“

And when Dedite went out into the city, the scene he saw was–

Resurrection …… (I’d like to think I did)

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“His brother has become cool, too ……”

He’s already 18 years, and a husband too, after all.

“True ……”