Episode 89: A Boy in Despair

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“Hii… hiiii…”

A boy was running through the forest, barely able to keep himself upright.

His body was covered in wounds, and his clothes were stained with dirt.

His appearance suggested he had been in some kind of accident.

“W-What the hell was that!? That’s just wrong! Wasn’t I supposed to be the genius and the strongest in this story!?”

The boy was Ota, who had been blasted away by Kenta’s magic.

The moment Kenta unleashed his magic, Ota instinctively sensed the danger and used all his Magic Power to create a barrier, managing to survive Kenta’s attack.

This was thanks to Ota’s experience of living with a sense of caution towards people with Kenta’s kind of aura back in Japan.

After casting the spell, the reaction Kenta was concerned about was that of Ota, who had survived.

Kenta thought that since he was from the same country, and seemed to have been tricked into coming here, he would let him go if he survived the blast, even though he was annoyed by his attitude.

Unaware of this, Ota fled through the forest alone, reflecting on everything that had happened.

Ota had been cast out from the Human Tribe nation as useless because there was no one to teach him magic, but by learning magic from the Demon Tribe, who were skilled in magic, he grew at a speed unmatched by the humans of this world.

This development perfectly fit the situation of Ota’s favorite trope: “I was kicked out as incompetent, but actually, I was the strongest?”

The Demon Tribe, who were initially skeptical, gradually came to recognize him as a genius, and Ota increasingly deluded himself into thinking that he was the protagonist of this world, and that this was a story for his sake.

And now, he had just been shown the reality.

“Damn it… everyone’s been making a fool of me…”

Ota truly didn’t know until just now.

That Kenta was stronger than him.

Why did Ota make such a mistake?

It was because of Nara, who was Summoned with him, and the Demon Tribe who had trained him in magic.

Nara couldn’t use magic when he was staying in Admos.

His physical abilities had increased to an unimaginable level compared to his original world, but when Ota learned magic, he imagined that he could easily beat Nara at that time.

If Nara from back then and Ota now were to fight, Ota would definitely win.

That was the extent of the power Ota had acquired.

And among the Demon Tribe, there was someone who had participated in the war between Kenta and the Demon Tribe, and that person said that Ota’s magic was more amazing than the magic Kenta had used before.

If it was the word of someone who had actually fought Kenta, there was no mistake.

In this way, Ota was deluded into thinking that he had more talent than Nara, who was Summoned at the same time, and the Previous Summoner, Kenta Maya, and that he had become stronger than the Previous Summoner.

All of this was to use Ota as bait to throw at Kenta.

“Damn it, you Demon Tribe bastards… I’ll never forgive you…”

At this time, the shock of being used as bait was so great that Ota’s anger was not directed at Kenta.

As Ota wandered through the forest, he saw that the forest ahead was clearing.

He could finally get out of the forest.

Thinking so, he walked forward, and what he saw in the clearing was a shocking sight for Ota.

“Eh!? N-Nara!?”

In Ota’s line of sight was Nara, who had been reported to have died in battle after challenging Kenta.

For a moment, Ota braced himself, thinking, “Is that a ghost!?”, but he widened his eyes even further when he saw the person next to Nara.

“T-That’s… Princess Evangelin!?”

He recognized the woman standing close to Nara.

It was Evangelin, the Princess of Admos, where Ota had also stayed.

He had heard that she had disappeared from the Royal Castle, but he hadn’t heard that she had died.

Come to think of it, Nara and the Princess had been close since they were at the Royal Castle of Admos.

And now, Evangelin’s stomach was so large that anyone could tell she was pregnant.

In other words, that Nara was not a ghost, but a living Nara.

Ota understood at that moment that the story of Nara’s death was a lie.

And Ota felt intense anger towards Nara.

Nara had faked his death and escaped here.

Taking Princess Evangelin with him.

Moreover, the fact that her stomach was getting bigger meant that Nara was in that kind of relationship with Princess Evangelin.

He could only afford prostitutes, but why only Nara…?

Feelings of jealousy swirled in Ota’s heart.

Suddenly, Ota heard laughter and quickly looked around.

There were unfamiliar men and women, and Kenta, whom he had just met.

And a beautiful woman who, in Ota’s knowledge, he would call a Dark Elf, was snuggling up to Kenta.
Ota immediately understood.

That was the Princess of the Demon Tribe Nation.

Ota was shocked by the fact that she was even more beautiful than the rumors said, and he was captivated, and then immediately despaired.

Because there was a small boy between Kenta and the Princess, and the three of them were laughing together.

He was vividly shown that what Kenta had said was true.

The scene that Ota saw was very, very happy, and it was something that Ota didn’t have at all right now.

He didn’t know the unfamiliar men and women, but both Nara and Kenta had Princesses as their wives.

Why only those two, even though they were Summoned?

“That’s not fair…”

Ota said, clenching his teeth, and turned on his heel and went back into the forest.

“Damn it… damn it! I’ll… I’ll get a Princess as my bride too!”

Ota said as he ran through the forest.

He didn’t know that there were people watching him from behind.