Chapter 6: This Bodyguard is Going to Explode!?!?!?
“Excuse me for intruding~~~”
And so we’ve arrived at the [Magic Research Institute].
It’s just as large as the neighboring training grounds, and it’s a place where magical creatures are brought in daily for… well, some incomprehensible experiments.
Now, as I lead the soldiers into the inner rooms—
“Ah, Reite-kun. How lovely to see you.”
…The one greeting me with such affected mannerisms is a long-haired old man whose hair is so long it hides his eyes.
He’s as suspicious-looking as always. His skin is pale white, as if he’s never been exposed to sunlight, and his white lab coat is all wrinkled.
“Hello, Doctor Reinhart. Are you actually taking baths?”
“It’s troublesome, but I do bathe once a day… Previously, when a young lady like you called me smelly, it really hit hard, you know.”
Well, that’s good to hear… Wait, Sonia-kun and Weiss-kun? And the former kingdom knights too—what are you all gaping at? Hey there.
“Doctor Reinhart, you say…!? The legendary one who advanced every academic field in a single generation!?”
“The [Monster of Academia], Reinhart. To think he was being protected by Reite-jou…”
Eh, this old man was such an amazing person?
I just picked him up because I found a suspicious person while taking a walk.
“Oh my, if it isn’t the members of the Royal Knight Order, and that bandaged fellow must be Prince Weiss? I heard you died in the revolution, but… I see. You were also picked up by Reite-kun.”
“Fortunately so. Doctor, you look well, which is good to see.”
“Drop the formalities. Right now, I’m just a middle-aged man being supported by that loli over there.”
Who are you calling a loli!?
I’m sixteen years old, you know!? I’m doing lord work, you know!
“How terribly rude… Anyway, what was that monster’s loud screaming from earlier? It seems to have stopped now.”
“Ah, [Experimental Subject X] got a bit wild, you see. But I had it inhale some sleeping gas made from the plant monster Alraune, so it should be quiet for several hours—”
[GAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!]
…Doctor’s words were interrupted by another scream.
“It should be quiet for several hours… or so it was supposed to be.”
“Don’t give me that ‘or so’! What the heck is that thing!?”
Research that puts my territory—no, puts me in danger is absolutely not okay!
“Well, you see… I was experimenting with a freshly dead magical beast—a Jumbo Ogre—to see if I could revive it in a form that would ‘obey humans.’ That failed, you see. It’s currently rampaging inside the laboratory. How amusing.”
“It’s not amusing!”
Ugh, what a terrible thing to be doing.
As I recoiled in horror, Sonia-kun behind me whispered in my ear, “Doctor has always been like this.”
“Originally, he was viewed as a heretic for conducting research that bordered on ethical taboos. Well, it seems he silenced his critics by producing results…”
“Hehehe, I did follow the rules to some extent, you know. I restrained myself to using death row inmates for human experimentation.”
“Restrained yourself… Do you have zero conscience, you…?”
While Sonia-kun was exasperated with the grinning Doctor, the savage roaring of [Guuuuu] continued to echo.
Moreover, the sound of the entire building creaking suggested something was violently pounding the outer walls. Scary.
“Hey Doctor, isn’t this getting dangerous?”
“Yeah, it’s dangerous. I can hear the sound of my developed [Kobolt Steel] outer walls breaking. It seems the forced resurrection caused brain damage, resulting in the removal of the muscle strength limiter.”
“Don’t analyze it so calmly!”
Come on, give me a break… I thought it would be safe bringing a bunch of soldiers along, so I came to kill time… Isn’t Reite-chan in a pinch here?
If the monster escapes from the laboratory, we’ll be the first ones attacked—just as I was thinking that,
CRASH!
“Ah, that was definitely the sound of the wall completely breaking.”
“Eep!?”
I told you to stop with the casual commentary!
Before I could even shout that, the sound of heavy footsteps—THUD THUD—echoed, and then—
[GAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!]
“It’s out~~~!?”
Breaking through the wall with tremendous force, a red single-horned giant—a Jumbo Ogre—appeared before us!
“Awawawawa…! Now that I think about it, isn’t an ogre a Semi-Class 1 monster that’s extremely difficult to defeat? Why did you experiment on something like that!?”
“Fuhahaha, good question! Humanoid monsters have brain structures similar to humans, and the higher the species, the more similar the structure becomes. That’s precisely why I, an authority on human brain medicine, thought I could utilize that knowledge, and when an ogre corpse was brought in, I thought ‘This is my chance, I have to do this’—!”
“We’re about to be killed by it right now though!?”
Even as Doctor rattled off his rapid explanation, the ogre raised its mighty arms.
The soldiers quickly stepped forward to block it, but it’s probably useless!
“That ogre is eight meters tall and weighs three tons, you know. Its fist is about one meter in size, so we’ll all be turned into mincemeat together~”
“Noooooo! I’m going to suddenly die at this stupid old man’s place!”
And down came the iron fist.
This is really it, just as Reite-chan was about to give up—at that moment,
“I won’t let you.”
[Gugoh!?]
READ THE ORIGINAL TRANSLATION AT LOCALIZERMEERKAT.GITHUB.IO
A thunderous Roar echoed through the research lab.
But it wasn’t the sound of us being crushed—it was the sound of the ogre’s fist being caught by Weiss-kun with one hand…!
Wait, what!?
“V-Weiss-kun-san!? How are you stopping it so calmly!?”
“I’ve been training.”
“That’s not the level we’re talking about!”
Look at the size difference between you two!
Yet, for such an unreasonable thing to happen—
“Could it be Weiss-kun’s [Gift]!?”
“Correct.”
With that, Weiss-kun deflected the giant fist and countered with a thunderous punch to the ogre’s stomach!
In an instant, a tremendous KAPOW sound rang out, and the ogre’s massive body was sent flying.
“My Gift is Heavenly Snow Tower Extreme [Tenrou Setsu Goku]. It’s an ability that increases physical capabilities according to the intensity of hidden passion.”
Pale blue light overflowed and spilled from his body.
The sight was truly like a blizzard of white snow, or perhaps like scattering flower petals.
“My current multiplication strength is approximately three to five times. …It’s roughly equivalent to the night of the revolution, when I had my decisive battle with the [Mercenary King].”
“Isn’t that pretty high!? What do you mean it’s the same motivation as when you were protecting the country!?”
When I asked that, Weiss-kun also seemed puzzled, saying, “…Now that you mention it, why is that?”
“You should make an effort to understand the details of your own Gift…”
“I’ll make an effort. I’ll add twenty hours of Gift manipulation training daily.”
“Sorry, please don’t make that effort.”
Give it a rest, training-till-fainting club.
Also, now that I think about it, how can someone with three to five times physical enhancement punch away a three-ton enemy?
Isn’t his base physical ability a bit too high…?
“Anyway, Weiss-kun was really strong. You’re quite reliable, aren’t you?”
“Ah, the enhancement multiplier became four times. Why?”
“How should I know!?”
Weiss-kun mysteriously evolving. In front of such a him, heavy footsteps echoed once again—THUD.
[GAAAHHHHH!]
The Jumbo Ogre that had been blown away came back.
Already covered in wounds and bleeding from various places, its eyes remained dyed with violent rage.
“…How pitiful. As a result of being revived from death, it has lost its sanity.”
[GOGAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!]
The ogre’s ear-splitting Roar. The Jumbo Ogre stomped hard enough to gouge the floor and swung at Weiss-kun.
Tremendous speed and force. But,
“I’ll put that soul to rest.”
Weiss-kun stood to protect us and placed his hand on the sword at his waist.
And then,
“‘Strain-Style Supernatural Swordsmanship’ Secret Technique—Draw-Sword Slash: Brilliant Flash [Battou-Zankou Issen]”
A brilliant slash was released along with the draw.
The next moment, a [massive explosion] that seemed to incinerate the ogre and everything behind it erupted—!
“Alright, victory. I’ve fulfilled my duty as a bodyguard.”
“Wait, no no no no no no no!”
A-a sword causing a massive explosion—what the heck is thaaaat!?
Visit the request page If there’s a Japanese Light Novel (LN) or Web Novel (WN) you’d like me to translate
When the donation goal progress bar above hit 100% one novel will be chosen for translation
| Table of Contents | Next* |
Support the Author by Buying the Original Books!
