Chapter 64 – Anise’s Melancholy.

“Don’t be funny!!”

Even though Connell lost his weapon, he immediately got up and walked away as if he couldn’t give up.

“Wow, I can’t believe I actually see a bastard saying things like that…”

Tiaran was impressed differently. From what he remembered, it was something that only cartoon characters would say. Although it doesn’t change that it’s tacky, it’s a line that has its own flavor.

‘Aside from the fact that he’s the hero’s childhood friend, then was this guy originally the main character being unreasonable?’

So, as he was wandering around and thinking about whether there was a guy like that in the Landesia era, Connell continued.

“Me too. If it was just a rumor, I would have checked it out myself.”

“Hmm?”

I decided to listen to the guy’s story, tilting my head at what he said was more normal than I thought.

‘In these outskirts, Anise…’

It is said that after Connell arrived at the estate, he immediately went around the area looking for Anise and obtained information. It was to meet again the woman who had been chosen as her fiancé since she was young.

‘If it’s a girl who looks like that… Her hair color and eye color are different. Could this be the girl who goes around with Nimaka?’

‘Nimaka?’

‘Is she an outsider who doesn’t know Nimaka? To put it simply…’

All the stories told were shocking. I was also concerned that we were all adventurers in the same party who couldn’t use Maka, which is a given for everyone.

‘But no matter how much I think about it, I can’t understand why girls who have nothing to regret hang out with a guy like that.’

‘Of course he must have some weakness! Otherwise, why would you go around with such a worthless guy?’

Most of the people in the territory knew about the rumor that they were in the same party because they were threatened. Although Anis was uneasy, she thought something was wrong since she was a warrior.

I thought there might have been some misunderstanding that caused the rumor to spread. He wanted to come and talk to them directly.

“How on earth are you going to explain the woman who was locked in the basement?!”

“””Ah.”””

Their voices overlapped, except for Anise, who was away for a moment. Come to think of it, they were still confining Trixie underground.

In fact, Trixie was in league with those who were targeting them, and it was a measure taken because Lucia and Crusha had actually suffered direct damage, but just looking at the situation, it was enough to misunderstand.

“That person did something to deserve it…”

“There is no law that says you can lock someone underground no matter what they do! Or report it to security!”

‘Oh, surprisingly, he talks about the truth.’

Perhaps because of this, Lucia couldn’t find anything to say and kept her mouth shut.

“Besides, do you know what Trixie said?! He said he locked her up and tormented her for days!”

“Ugh.”

This time, she glanced at Krusha as he flinched as if he had been stabbed. There was a good reason for that, but Cornell didn’t know.

“They kept Trixie locked up like that too. What would they have done to Anise and Lucia!?”

“Wait a minute! Aside from everything else, we’ve never experienced anything like that…!”

Lucia tried to talk to him, as if trying to clear up her misunderstanding.

“Don’t worry about what he threatened. Lucia! I will definitely save you!”

Connell was already rushing towards Tiaran without even thinking about listening.

“Off! It’s not like that!!”

“Hey!!!”

Eventually, Lucia couldn’t bear it anymore and screamed, but even that was drowned out by the spirit of Connell’s shouting, and she couldn’t hear it. In a way, it was amazing timing.

“Khaha?!”

“It’s so obvious that I can’t even pretend to be attacked.”

It was an instant before his spirit changed into a moan that took all his breath away. That’s because Tiaran kicked the man in the solar plexus area as he rushed towards him and lifted him up.

“Ouch!”

Then, hit the one that came up with your fist and make it roll on the ground again.

“Ugh, huh, huh! I wasn’t targeting you.”

However, even though Connell failed badly, he changed his voice from moaning in pain to laughter. That’s because in his arms he was holding the Zweihender that had just been stuck on the floor.

“I know, you bastard. You’re trying to take the sword so openly. Who doesn’t know?”

Since Connell’s stance was too low, he realized his purpose long ago and gave it away on purpose.

“… Don’t be bluff! Everyone knows you’re not a proper gold-level adventurer!”

He opened his mouth as if caught off guard, but immediately came to his senses and dismissed Tiaran’s words as bluff. It is natural for people with useless markers to be abandoned or become outcasts.

There’s no way Nimaka, who can’t even use such a useless Maka, could become a Gold-level adventurer, right? Connell seems to sincerely think so.

“I won’t look at you anymore! [Saintipicatio]!”

At that moment, a vague aura was seen rising from Connell’s body.

“… That Maka?!”

“Uh, what is that Maka?”

Lucia, who saw this, narrowed her eyes and seemed to be analyzing it, and Krusha tugged at the hem of her dress as she looked shocked.

“It’s my first time seeing this type, but it’s buff.”

“Buff? I heard it’s precious. Is it that rare?”

“That’s right. I guess it only applies to myself…”

As Lucia spoke to Crusha, she couldn’t help but make a strange expression.

‘Couldn’t it have been manifested to imitate Anise in such a way?’

Buffs are usually more meaningful when applied to others rather than applied to oneself, but a buff that can only be applied to oneself does not mean it is completely meaningless.

Anise’s amplification is obviously risky, even if its instantaneous power becomes stronger. Cornell’s buff will be advantageous in a long game. If that’s the Maka he developed to catch up with Anise, I’d be truly horrified.

‘That can’t be possible. Because Maka is something you have to be born with.’

If that’s the case, it means that a similar Maca appeared by chance, and that just seemed creepy. Moreover, he even has a Zweihender that mimics the appearance of the holy sword.

“Ew!”

Bang! Connell kicked the ground violently and rushed at Tiaran with much faster and stronger force than before. Zweihender’s successive attacks.

“Wow, you suddenly got stronger. Is that okay?”

“You don’t have to worry about Tiaran.”

Connell probably took his words as feedback, but his attacks, which he swung sideways rather than from top to bottom, were so fierce that Crusha was worried about Tiaran.

“Well, it’s a unique Macagin with its own buff.”

However, as Lucia assured, Tiaran narrowly avoided the fierce attacks by moving one step at a time, and was leisurely grasping his movements.

It was certainly a fierce attack, but it did not reach Tiaran even a hair. Connell became even more nervous as he showed that no matter how strong an attack is, it is meaningless if it doesn’t hit.

“That’s right!! Please take it right!!”

“Now he’s asking the other person to hit him. He’s a very clever bastard. And.”

“What?!”

Tiaran stretched out his hand and grabbed the ricasso part of the Zweichender that Connell was holding.

“If you’re going to imitate Anis, do it properly. What are you trying to do with just superficial swordsmanship?”

Now in his hand was the Zweihender that had been swinging in Connell’s hand just moments before.

“Wow, it’s overwhelming.”

Although Crusha was not skilled in combat, as she was making weapons, Tiaran’s actions just made it clear how severe the gap was between him and Connell.

‘It’s natural. In fact, I don’t know why he’s not a platinum level adventurer.’

Lucia was watching with joy as Krusha was busy admiring her, as she already knew how strong he was.

“… Give it to me.”

Soon, Connell was trembling and grinding his teeth, and unable to hold back his anger, he glared at Tiaran with tears streaming down his face.

“Give it to me!!!”

He even ran in to retrieve the sword.

“It’s old.”

“Kwaaah?!”

Tiaran swung the Zweihender held upside down like a baseball bat and hit him, causing him to roll on the ground again. However, there was another shocking fact.

-Click!!

“Ahh?! What!?”

The first to be shocked was Krusha. That’s because this sound was the sound of Zweichender breaking apart after hitting Cornell.

“… Who the hell made this thing into a sword!?”

“It wasn’t even a proper sword.”

“Is there something wrong with that sword?”

Crusha, forgetting that they were dueling, rushed over and looked at the broken pieces of the sword. She shouted angrily, and when Lucia asked when Tiaran nodded, she went on a rampage.

“It’s a problem from beginning to end! This is so bad it can’t even be called a sword!”

Because it is made of iron that contains a lot of impurities, its hardness is so high and its toughness is so low that it is only suitable for use in a cauldron.

“Just maintaining the shape of the sword in the first place was amazing!”

“The cauldron… I thought it was pitch black.”

Even the Zweihender was black, contrasting with Anis’ Holy Sword, so I wondered if it had been custom-made with some special iron, but that wasn’t the case.

“Ugh! Of course! It’s made from the cauldron we had at home!!”

“Yes?”

“What?!”

They were shocked at the same time.

“… I had a headache.”

It was the same with Tiaran.

“Because it had to be done that way!”

Anyway, Connell recalled the process of trying to create that sword. Even though he was the son of a village chief, he was ultimately a serf.

Thinking that Anis would become an adventurer as usual if she were a warrior, he personally tried to obtain a sword in order to become an adventurer too. However, all the things made in the village’s blacksmith shop are agricultural tools.

‘Zweihender? You want me to make something like that? Are you crazy? How much money does it cost! Can you afford that money?’

It is said that he asked a blacksmith to make it for him, but was turned down. Because it wasn’t an amount that Cornell could earn for just running errands.

‘Ah, you’re so stubborn! Good night! If you want to become an adventurer like that, bring your own iron! Then I’ll make it cheap!’

Of course, since I couldn’t ask for the iron because I couldn’t find the price, there was no way I could get the iron easily. There were many things made of iron in the kitchen of his house.

The biggest thing of all was that he was certain that he could provide most of the amount of iron needed to make the sword he wanted.

“So, you’re saying that you just melted down your entire household and made this kind of trash?”

Upon hearing that story, Krusha’s calm words were able to explain everything.