Trails with Cuddle-Cuddle Osbon
Translator: Tsukii
Editor: Helen
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Chapter 032 – Fufufu, son. It’s the May Field Study⑤ [B]
“Kuh——!”
“That’s not good, Miss. You should conceal your intentions when attacking.”
Following Emma’s instructions, the Ashen Knight attacked, which failed to hit Zeno as he avoided it.
Of course, there was a vast difference in size, and Zeno looked like it would be difficult to avoid it with just his body, but it could be seen that he was confident that he wouldn’t get hit.
Emma became painfully aware of what Osbon had told her.
The attack from a Divine Knight was certainly powerful, as it managed to repeatedly protect Group A from the attacks of Zephyr and played an active role in maintaining the situation.
But that was all.
Normally, a battle between a human and a Divine Knight wasn’t supposed to be hard for the Divine Knight, but due to Zeno’s skillful setting of traps and Leonidas’s use of machine gauntlets to break through, the Divine Knight was unable to demonstrate its true potential.
“Emma, back down!”
“Sorry, but I won’t be pushed down with just this much.”
“You!”
“Eat this.”
Gaius, who knew how Emma moved the Divine Knight through tactical link, aimed for an opening and thrust his spear, but was deflected by Leonidas’s machine gauntlet.
Alisa’s orbal bow was also deflected by Zeno’s spear-shaped improvised bomb.
In addition, the traps not only hindered the Divine Knight, but also injured Emma and her group.
Elliot was healing the group’s accumulated injuries, but her healing couldn’t keep up with the skillful cooperation of the two members from Zephyr, and the situation gradually turned for the worse as the group got cornered.
As the group felt their every action being crushed, one after another, everyone in Group A ran out of energy.
At times like this… I am supposed to do something about it……!
If there was anyone who could do something about the current situation, it would be Emma, who was controlling the Divine Knight.
But while Emma was a witch who was capable of various forms of magic, she was not a warrior.
In front of jaegers who were rich in combat experience, even if she were to control a knight doll called the Divine Knight, all Emma could do was swing wildly while punching and kicking.
She lacked the skill to land an attack on her opponents.
“Yo…………u…………!”
“Oops, you shouldn’t have hit that.”
“Eh———”
Just as Zeno said that after avoiding the Divine Knight’s fist, light streamed out from the piece of land pierced.
By the time Emma realized it was a trap, it was already too late, and the Divine Knight lost its balance due to the mine and fell down.
This was the moment the group lost the last shield that protected them.
Emma tried to get up right away, but she couldn’t do it with Leonidas looming in front of her.
“Emma!”
“Oops, it’s better if you boys stay there. If you try to attack Leo, it would be terrible if you aimed wrong.”
While dodging Gaius’s spear with his blade rifle, Gaius stopped moving at Zeno’s words and a kick landed on his stomach.
“Gaius!”
“I’ll heal you imme——”
Gaius’s body bent from the impact as he was kicked away, falling to the ground, and Alisa screamed.
Elliot tried to use Arts right away, but nothing happened…… it seemed like Elliot had run out of power to use Arts.
“Ah…………”
“I’m, okay, Elliot. I’m still……”
“Heeh, you’re as tough as you look. But you understand right? You guys are at your wits end.”
“W-what are you ta——”
Alisa’s words stopped.
“It seems like you have done your best, but you’re still students, after all. I guess that’s all you’re capable of.”
Leonidas’s giant machine gauntlet was in front of Emma.
The attached stake was aimed at Emma’s face and it could pierce Emma’s beautiful face at Leonidas’s will—— they realized they couldn’t escape from that.
“Aaah…………”
Elliot fell to his knees.
Everyone had realized that the battle was over.
“Well then, now let’s——”
“Zeno!”
“Nuoo?!”
Just as he was about to say something, Leonidas, who was pointing a weapon at Emma, suddenly moved away.
As Group A wondered what was going on, something fell from the sky.
“Sorry, I’m late.”
“Rean!”
Seeing the familiar red uniform of the Thors Military Academy, Elliot screamed in joy.
Alisa also had tears in the corners of her eyes, and Gaius also smiled despite his pain.
However, Emma was the only one who felt there was something off about Rean’s back.
“Did you manage to defeat Almighty Conflagration?”
“No, it’s the other way around. I was the one who was allowed to get away… as frustrating as it sounds.”
“Rean-san……?”
Emma called out to Rean’s back, but the response she got was the power of ogre overflowing from him.
Seeing his hair changed from black to ashen, Emma felt indescribably anxious.
“It’s been a long time since I felt the… the frustration of not having enough power.”
Rean kept his right hand on his molten blade and deployed Loa Valimar to protect Group A.
He was overflowing with the power of ogre… strongly, deeply, and drew it out as if it was sinking in.
“Fumu, I don’t think we’ll lose, but it looks like we’ll have a hard time.”
“If we take too long, our client will be in a foul mood.”
The two looked at each other, nodded, then jumped from the spot, carrying the nobleman who had been hidden so as not to be harmed.
As Group A watched, amazed at the jumping ability that easily overcame the rocky terrain while they carried people, Zeno waved his hand at them.
“There are tons of things I want to ask that boy, but I’ll refrain from asking for now. Well, we’ll meet again anyway, so let’s leave it for the next time.”
“Umu, we’ll meet again—— By the way.”
He uttered, in the most frightening voice.
“You didn’t lay your hands on her, right?”
“Rather, she declared me as a rival.”
“Hou~? You’re not lying, are you……?”
“Then isn’t it better to ask her directly?”
“You see~ we have our circumstances.”
“That’s how it is…… you’ll be telling her about us anyway, so I’ll leave it at that. By the way,”
He uttered words with an even more intimidating tone.
“You really didn’t lay your hand on her, right?”
“I didn’t.”
Whether he was satisfied with Rean’s answer or not, the Zephyr literally left like the wind. 1
Perhaps relieved that a battle didn’t occur, Rean dispelled the power of ogre and Loa Valimar.
[“Miss Emma.”]
“Y-yes.”
[“Please take care of my son.”]
“Eh?” Was it Obson who said that?
The only thing she could hear clearly was someone collapsed to the ground—— and that was none other than Rean Schwarzer.
“Rean!”
Gaius was the first to approach him, turning Rean over when he laid face down—— then gasped.
It was hard to tell from his back, but Rean had suffered severe burns from his heart region to his abdomen, and his burnt skin had turned black.
While Gaius, Elliot, and Alisa each tried to use their Arts and items to treat Rean, Emma was unable to accept the reality and stared at the scene in a daze until Alisa called out to her.
Author Note:
Zenbu-san won’t go dere easily.
It’s starting to become a norm to get seriously injured on the last day of field study…
Serious-san, who is not breathing due to the previous chapter ending as a gag, seemed to have managed to regain its breath.
I didn’t manage to write on why Zenbu-san let Rean go and why the three were on the island to begin with, so I think I’ll write about it in the result of the May field study.
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