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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Lord Fourth
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And so, three days passed.
“Oof~ Heave-ho…!!”
Beside him, Varis, dressed in a white t-shirt and overalls, was working as a farmhand.
“Huu~”
He pulled out a vegetable buried deep in the soil and wiped his forehead with a refreshed expression.
“This is harder than I thought~”
He rubbed his cheek with a handkerchief, wiping away the dirt, but the traces remained.
“Drink some water.”
He handed Varis a water pouch. Unlike himself, who was just observing, Varis was working diligently under the scorching sun and needed to stay hydrated. Especially… since he would have to fight the enraged monsters later.
“Ah, thanks! I really appreciate it…!”
He and Varis were currently at the Grain family’s fields. Varis was there to work, and he was there to support Varis. Eilly hadn’t come; she was at the Stenman mansion.
Did she say she had something to say to her mother?
“Gulp… Gulp… Gulp…!”
Varis drank the water greedily, as if he had been wandering through a desert.
“Phew~! Haa… Thanks, I needed that~”
He wiped his mouth and thanked him. His mood considerably improved, and he returned to his work.
“Oof…! By the way, Arnold, what are you doing here?”
Then, he suddenly asked about his presence.
“Just stopping by.”
“Ah, right. You said you knew Elisha, right?”
He couldn’t reveal his true intentions, so he gave a vague answer. Varis knew that he and Elisha were acquainted.
“…Yes.”
However, he didn’t mention that they were engaged. They were about to break off the engagement anyway… and they had been so cold to each other that Varis wouldn’t believe him.
“Well, you’re a wealthy noble, Arnold. There’s no reason for you to be here unless you’re visiting a friend.”
He watched Varis working in the fields, quietly waiting for the event to trigger.
………
“Hmm? Varis?”
After a while, as Varis was taking a break, someone called out to him.
“Elisha?”
It was Elisha, one of the key characters in this event. She seemed surprised to see Varis.
“Oh… Arnold is here too…?”
Then, her eyes met his, and she looked not only surprised but also flustered.
“I just happened to be here.”
“I-Is that so? I didn’t know. I didn’t expect to see you two here… I came out to check on the fields, and it’s a bit of a surprise to see you here.”
She looked back and forth between Varis and him. He noticed her gaze faltering slightly when she looked at him.
“Ah~ They said they were looking for someone to work on the farm today!”
“That’s true, but it’s a bit surprising to see you here dressed like that.”
Varis and Elisha exchanged words, their lines identical to the ones in the game. This was where the event should have started…
“Arnold…”
But contrary to his expectations, instead of the signal for the event, he heard something that shouldn’t have happened: Elisha calling his name.
“Did you call me?”
“Yes.”
Her voice was gentle, as it had been at the banquet. Had her perception of him really changed?
“Well…”
She still seemed awkward, hesitant to speak. What did she want to say?
“Arnold, would you perhaps…”
Just as Elisha was about to say something to him—
“Aaaaaaaaaah –”
—a bloodcurdling scream echoed from somewhere.
“……!!”
“A-Arnold! Was that a scream?!”
They were all startled by the unexpected situation.
“H-Help -”
“Monsters!! Monsters!!”
It seemed to be coming from the edge of the field.
“……..”
It was finally happening.
The anticipated monster attack had begun.
“Monsters? Monsters, suddenly…?!”
“L-Let’s go…!”
Varis and Elisha, rushed towards the source of the screams.
“…….”
He calmly followed them.
“Ugh! Everyone, be careful!”
“Th-They’re coming!!”
“Uwaah…!!”
“They’re really bull monsters!”
“Ugh… Why are they suddenly…?”
When they arrived at the scene, it seemed the guards were already confronting the monsters.
The monsters they were struggling against were Tauruses, four-legged creatures resembling giant buffaloes, with large, menacing horns.
“Hold the line!”
“But they’re too strong!”
Their charge attacks were powerful enough to be life-threatening to ordinary people.
“We have to help them! I’ll go!”
Seeing the rampaging Tauruses, Varis grabbed a nearby hoe and charged towards the monsters.
“Hmm…!”
They were dangerous monsters, but he had seen Varis’s skills earlier, so he wasn’t too worried.
Even though he wasn’t wearing armor and his weapon was crude, it should be enough.
“Uwaaaaaaaa -!!”
But… something felt off.
“….?”
He sensed a strange aura from the monsters. They seemed… more ferocious than in the game.
“Take this!!”
He initially dismissed it as his imagination, but—
Clang –
“Ugh?! They’re hard… Uwaah -!”
—his expectations were shattered.
“Huh?”
The Taurus didn’t even flinch at Varis’s attack; it easily deflected his blow as if it were a child’s play.
“Guh…!!”
Contrary to his belief that Varis could handle them alone, he was easily sent flying by the monster’s attack.
“O-Ow… Maybe a hoe isn’t enough…”
Varis was supposed to have defeated a Taurus with that attack, but he was miserably repelled instead.
“Why?”
Something was wrong. Seeing Varis being defeated by the monster deepened his suspicion.
“Uwaaaa…!!”
He looked at the monsters again, and—
“…..!”
—he was honestly shocked. The Tauruses’ aura was different from the ones in the original story.
“Uwaaaaaaaa –!!”
They weren’t just rampaging mindlessly… Their presence was several times more menacing, as if they had been artificially enhanced.
“W-We have to… dodge…!”
“A-Aaaaaaaaaah—!”
“Kugh! H-Help…!!”
As if to prove his point, the guards, who should have at least put up a fight, were being mercilessly slaughtered.
“Uwaaaaaaaa—!!”
Was this the source of the strange feeling? For some reason, the monsters were stronger than in the original story.
“Varis!”
What should he do?
“Ugh… I’m okay…!! You guys should run…!”
This was an unexpected variable. Varis, who was supposed to fight the monsters like a hero, was injured and incapacitated.
“Uwaaaaaaaa…!!!”
“Oh… Elisha, look out!!”
“Ugh?! S-Stay away!!”
The situation where Elisha was in danger still occurred.
“I-I have to… run… Ah…?! Ugh… I-I twisted my ankle…”
Originally, the protagonist would have appeared dramatically and defeated the charging monster.
“Uwaaaaaaaa!!”
But with the protagonist down, there was no one to save Elisha.
“N-No…! I don’t want to…!!”
A critical situation.
“Elisha!!”
Varis shouted her name.
“Ugh….”
Just as Elisha squeezed her eyes shut, bracing for impact with the Taurus—
Boom —-
A deafening roar echoed through the farm as two powerful forces collided.
“Ugh… Huh…? A… Arnold…?!”
Damn, that hurt.
“Groan…! Grrrrrr…!!!”
The Taurus, its charge stopped, thrashed around, trying to break free.
“Tsk, disgusting.”
His wrist ached a bit, but it wasn’t a serious injury.
“M-Moo…?!”
He grabbed the monster’s head and—
Slam…!!
—slammed it into the ground with all his might.
“He… He took down a Taurus in one hit…?”
The Taurus’s movements ceased as its head was buried in the ground.
“I’m glad I brought this.”
He drew his sword and readied himself.
“Uwaaaaaaaa!!”
He had dealt with one, but another Taurus charged towards them. But now that he had drawn his weapon, there was no turning back.
Crack…! Sizzle…! Slash…! Swoosh!!
“Groaaaaan…!”
He sliced the charging monster vertically. It collapsed, its face and horns cleaved in two.
“Grrrr –!!!”
Slash –
Another Taurus charged at them, but he swung his sword downwards, cleaving it cleanly in two.
“Arnold…!”
He had quickly dispatched two of them.
“……”
But he couldn’t keep fighting them one by one.
“Target…”
He decided to finish them all at once and cast a spell. Target was a search spell that not only located hidden enemies but also targeted multiple foes.
“……”
As he cast the spell, all the Tauruses within his sight were marked with white circles.
“Lightning Bolt -”
Next was lightning magic.
Crackle —–
Multiple lightning bolts rained down from the clear sky like a storm.
““Groaaaaaaa — ””
A ferocious natural disaster, like a scene of destruction from mythology, swept through the farm.
““M-Moooo..!! ””
The lightning bolts struck the monsters’ heads with pinpoint accuracy. Countless cries echoed from all directions.
“……..”
A moment later, the lightning subsided, and silence fell over the farm.
“A… Amazing…”
He had annihilated all the Tauruses. Magic was indeed the best way to deal with large numbers of enemies.
“Elisha -”
“H-Huh?”
After confirming that all the monsters had been defeated, he turned around. Elisha looked dazed, and her eyes quickly focused when he called her name.
“Are you alright?”
He extended his hand towards her. Varis was supposed to have done that.
“Y-Yes… A… Arnold… You saved me again…”
So… it had come to this?
“W-What… What is this feeling…?”
He had thought the banquet event went well… but things had gotten complicated again.
“I’ll be going now.”
He gently helped her up and quickly left the farm.
“What…?! Wait…!”
Elisha seemed to want to stop him, but
“Goodbye.”
He simply uttered a single word and ran away.
“No… Wait –”
He could hear her desperate voice from behind, but he didn’t stop.
“Sigh, I don’t know anymore…”
He didn’t know why… He just wanted to escape from this twisted turn of events.
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“Arnold~ Why did you leave like that?!”
The weekend passed, and a new week began. When they met again at the academy, Varis, as expected, brought up the incident.
“Anyway, I’m alive! That was close! They were really strong?!”
Varis, his head and arm bandaged, appeared at school with his usual cheerful smile, praising Arnold’s actions.
“I know, so stop talking about it… Everyone’s listening.”
He was glad Varis was happy, but… he felt uncomfortable with all the attention they were getting.
“So what if they’re listening? You did something amazing! I want to tell everyone about it!”
“Absolutely not.”
He still had a villainous image, and many people were still afraid of him. It wouldn’t be good if rumors of him slaughtering monsters spread.
Clatter -!
“Hmm?”
Just as he was trying to appease the excited Varis, the classroom door burst open.
“Elisha? What are you doing here?!”
Elisha appeared in the doorway. What was she doing here before class started?
“……….”
He watched her approach silently.
“U-Ugh… Arnold…!”
She stopped in front of him, her cheeks flushed, and hesitated for a moment.
“I’m sorry! For being so mean to you… If it’s not too late, let’s get along… as a married couple…!”
Then, she made a bold declaration in front of everyone.
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Hi Lord Fourth here!
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Girl realized her folly and trying to lock him down before divorce finalize