“Oh… Prince Owen, where are you headed?”
“「「「「「!？」」」」」”
Waiting at the top of the stairs was Magic Tower Master McLaren, a smirk playing on his lips.
Hmm… does that mean our movements were predicted from the start? Otherwise, there’s no way this man would be waiting for us in a place like this.
“Shut up! You kidnapped us and locked us up in a place like that! I’ll never forgive you!”
“Is that so? My apologies, it seems my subordinates were rude. I told them to welcome you with the utmost courtesy…”
“You bastard!”
McLaren shrugged and shook his head with a “what can you do?” expression.
I don’t understand the point of this farce, but it seems to be enough to provoke Owen.
“Eh!? M-Master!?”
“Calm down and follow Lord Hal’s instructions.”
Sandra stopped Owen, who was about to grab McLaren with a raised fist, with Balmung.
I think her way of stopping him is quite forceful, but that’s just like Sandra, and I like it.
Well… since my wife is looking at me with expectant eyes, I guess I’ll try my best.
“Come to think of it, we haven’t introduced ourselves yet. I’m Harold Wel Dehaubalz. The Third Prince of this country.”
“Oh… to think that Prince Harold himself would be among the inspection team, this is unexpected.”
McLaren widened his arms and narrowed his eyes as he watched me give a respectful bow.
How fake. He knew about me from the beginning.
“According to what you said, McLaren-dono, you were trying to invite Owen to another location… then why were we attacked by your subordinates?”
“Attacked…?”
“Yes. A man with a gnome tattoo on his right hand, and a woman with an Undine tattoo.”
“My apologies. It seems those individuals misunderstood my intentions and jumped the gun.”
“McLaren-dono’s intentions? If you don’t mind, please tell us what those ‘intentions’ are.”
I doubt there’s anything in particular.
Even if there were, I know from the start that you intend to use the kingdom as an experiment and do inhumane things.
“I’m afraid Prince Harold wouldn’t understand even if I explained it to you.”
“Is that so? Secretly placing mediums in various parts of the kingdom, using the entire Brint Island as a magic circle, and stealing the mana of the people to gather it in this Magic Tower. And then eliminate us, who came to interfere with that plan… no, that’s not it. You were trying to brainwash us to your advantage, weren’t you?”
“っ!?”
Ahaha, he’s widening his eyes as if he can’t believe it, now that I’ve told him the truth, all the composure he had until now is gone.
He probably never imagined that I would know the whole plan.
“…How did you know that?”
“Oh? I was just guessing, but I’m surprised it was actually true. …I need to report this to the kingdom immediately.”
After acting the fool for a while, I spoke in a low voice.
Even if it’s just according to the Scenario, you tried to harm my Precious Thing. There’s no way I’m letting you get away with this.
“Fufu… Lord Hal. Instead of bothering to report to the kingdom, wouldn’t it be better to just end everything with our own hands?”
“Sandra, that’s a great idea.”
I nodded with a smile at my wife’s wonderful suggestion.
Since we came here, that was the plan from the start, so it’s just as expected.
“So, will you obediently be restrained, or will you leave this world by our hands right now… choose whichever you prefer.”
“Ku… Kukuku…ッ”
McLaren desperately tried to hold back his laughter at my words.
Ah, that’s right. This man showed this side of himself in Engage Hazard too.
But it’s not like he’s acting composed, he’s just panicking because he’s in a desperate situation.
Well, he’s just a small-time event boss after all.
“Answer quickly. Will you die now, or die later?”
“Kukuku… I-It’s decided. You guys die right now!”
The moment he shouted that, McLaren’s figure disappeared in an instant.
But.
“Eh!? W-What!?”
“How naive.”
I easily blocked McLaren’s attack, who had moved behind me using [Teleportation Magic], with my Shield.
In Engage Hazard battles, there are three action patterns when McLaren uses [Teleportation Magic].
One is to protect himself by using his comrades as shields.
Next is to switch comrades with each other.
And the last is… to appear behind the protagonist or heroine and launch an attack.
This attack is troublesome, as it has a 100% hit rate and a 30% chance of a critical hit.
McLaren was definitely in my top ten most hated enemies in my previous life.
But I’m not living as a player here, but as an individual.
Even if I could only block frontal attacks in Engage Hazard, if I know the pattern, it’s easy to block attacks from behind.
Besides, that’s why I provoked that guy to gather hate on me.
“Everyone! Now’s our chance!”
“Leave it to me. He’s not the only one capable of getting behind the enemy.”
“Wh…at!?”
Monica, who was behind McLaren before anyone knew it, slit his throat with a Dagger Knife.
However.
“Ga… Guggu…ッ”
It wasn’t McLaren who had his head cut off, but Zachariah Tyner, one of the Four Cardinal Directions, who had the Salamander tattoo.
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