“What should I do? This is a pretty dicey situation.”
『Master, it’s alright. I am with you.』
『You’re so reliable…♡ Big Sis…♡』
Meanwhile, Tenri-san, who becomes relatively less reliable in a pinch.
It seems she’s captivated by her big sister’s coolness.
“It’s useless! You cannot win! Absolutely!”
Kieryu kicked off the air and came flying.
He extended the claws on both hands and attacked with them.
I chose not defense, but evasion… or tried to.
Gaki!
『Master, your evasion is bound by a curse.』
So because of the curse that says I can’t win, I can’t even evade anymore…!
Zashu…! Kieryu’s claws pierced my vital point, my heart.
“Got you…!”
Zashu… Kieryu pulled out his claws.
I fell towards the ground.
“Nagano-saaaaaaaaaan!”
From above, Detective Niekawa was shouting. Tenri must be properly keeping him afloat with magic so he doesn’t fall.
I was slammed onto the ground.
“My brethren! Did you see! Your enemy has been taken down by this Maji de Kieryu!”
Maji de Kieryu raised a cry of victory.
I remained prostrate on the ground…
“I won…! I defeated a God who was said to be absolutely unbeatable…!”
Fuh…
I… smiled.
“Thanks.”
“Wha…?!”
I moved behind Maji de Kieryu and activated the Magic Slayer Spell «Byou de Kieryuu» at point-blank range.
“Guawaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
Taking a direct hit from the piercing instant-death magic, Maji de Kieryu’s body was blown away.
Afterward, only Kieryu’s head remained.
I caught it as it fell.
“W-Why?! Why… are you alive?!”
“Ah, even if you kill me, I don’t die, you know. Because I’m a God.”
A God’s body is protected by a defensive field called God Protection.
Just being killed isn’t enough to make me die.
“Th-That’s…! Unreasonable!”
“That’s what being a God is. Sorry.”
“B-But! This is strange! You were bound by a Word Spirit Curse, you absolutely shouldn’t have been able to win against me…!”
Sinri explained in my stead.
『Indeed, you cast a curse on Master, and it was actually taking effect. By receiving Divine Power from Agata-san and becoming a God’s Familiar, the curse was able to affect Master.』
“Right?! Then, why did I lose?!”
『It’s because you actually defeated Master once.』
Huh…? Kieryu’s eyes widened.
『The Word Spirit Curse is certainly strong. Master received the curse of 【Absolutely Cannot Win】, and in fact, absolutely could not win.』
That’s right, I had lost once there.
『However, by losing (by Kieryu winning), the curse was broken. The weakness of the Word Spirit Curse is that once it’s fulfilled, the word spirit disappears.』
The spoken words become reality. In other words, “absolutely cannot win” (= lose) was established.
At that moment, the Word Spirit Curse had been broken.
“N-No way… Did you lose on purpose?!”
“That’s right. When my AI saw through your Ability, it had already finished investigating your weaknesses and how to win.”
It had searched for the enemy’s abilities with Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet) and figured out the weaknesses.
“Sinri didn’t give any instructions when Kieryu pierced my heart. Sinri always told me how to deal with enemies, you know. So that means, doing nothing was the way to deal with it, right?”
“So… that’s why you did nothing at that moment…?”
When I fell, I realized the curse was broken and understood Sinri’s intention.
After that, it was just a matter of catching Kieryu off guard and finishing him.
Since the Word Spirit Curse was broken, I could defeat him normally.
“Impossible… I heard you were stupid, a woman who couldn’t do anything unless instructed…”
Who’d you hear that from, how rude.
Well, it’s true though.
“That’s right. But I have smart companions. Sinri silently showed me the path to victory. I just followed the route Sinri prepared.”
“Damn it… Uncalculated. I heard that Digital Spirit was useless too…”
Then…
『Silence, you trash!』
Tenri raised her voice.
『Don’t you dare mock Big Sis…!』
…Well, Tenri’s feelings were packed into that line.
Tenri usually says awful things to her big sister, but… she doesn’t actually dislike her big sister, you know.
『Big Siiis…♡ As expected of yooou♡ Because the enemy was a word spirit user and there was a chance they’d use it against us, you deliberately avoided using words and magnificently disposed of the enemyyy…♡』
Ah… so that’s how it was.
I see. That’s why she didn’t say much about the plan.
『Amwazing…♡ Sooo amwazing…♡ Amwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing♡』