Only the Party Members Returned, Not the Hero

28. Uninvited guest at the temporary accommodation (2)

28.

“Elish.”

“… ….”

“Elish?”

“Meot.”

Elish, who was barely holding a spoon with apple slices in her hand as if it was about to drop, comes to her senses at the sound of Tania’s voice.

With my daughter.

The spoon falls onto the table and the apple rises and falls.

Talk.

“Ah, my apple…. Seeing that the apple was gone, it must have been that I ate it. But, why can’t I taste anything….”

Elish muttered blankly while looking at the empty spoon.

Tania let out a small sigh, picked up a piece of apple from the top of Elish’s head, and held it in front of her mouth.

“This, why is this here…. Arm.”

Yum yum.

Crush, crunch.

Even as he munches his cheeks, his eyelids try to cover Elish’s big eyes.

Blink.

Blink.

“Elish, why don’t you just get some sleep?”

“Oh, no, I am still fine. You won’t have to sleep.”

“You can’t even eat properly.”

“Bob, rice is…. Meals are the kind that can be skipped several times….”

“… ….”

I feel like I have a younger brother who won’t listen.

Tania looked at Elish muttering, then she put the apple in her mouth again.

“Damnyam.”

“I couldn’t even sleep because I was doing something these days.”

“Yum yum, this is…. Well, I was going to tell Tania sooner or later, so to speak.”

Elish, who diligently chewed and swallowed her apple, looked at Tania with her open eyes and said.

“There are four roles in the expedition. They are the hero, the vanguard knight, the rear mage, and the priest.”

“Isn’t it?”

“Then what is the role of the back mage? A strong attack?”

An expeditionary force is the hands and feet of a warrior.

“It may depend on the situation, but until now I have mainly used offensive magic.”

However, what I was able to know through my experience of pincer attack before returning was that there was no chance to use attack magic more than I thought.

It was natural.

As long as the hero was alive, there was no reason for the back mage to use a more powerful blow than the hero’s attack.

Even if it’s a wizard stronger than the hero.

The first expeditionary force of heroes did not recognize Ellen as a hero, so it became just a circus group to show off their skills, rather than assist each other.

Since everyone is about to land a blow.

It is a simple conclusion that nothing has been done.

“The warrior’s share must be left to the warrior’s share. I’m a rear-end magician, so it was better to learn various magics to assist the hero.”

There were many times when the expedition corps, whose limbs did not fit together, were worse than acting separately because they cut off each other’s abilities.

So what Elish is doing right now is to give up and change.

Changed her mana circuit, which was concentrated on attack magic, into defense and support.

For Ellen to act in the right place at the right time.

Tania nodded her head.

I thought I knew what Elish was talking about.

“Anyway, Tania will be leaving soon.”

“Ah, yes. Perhaps tomorrow at the latest she will have to leave.”

Elish decided to stay in her dorm and continue her magic research, while Tania decided to prepare for her subjugation at her training ground, which she had been using since she was young.

It was a short time, but I had to do my best, so my goal was to return to the familiar castle of Ergenuke and maximize efficiency.

“Well, it’s best to do the training in the original place.”

Elish nodded her head and smiled with dark circled eyes.

“Well then, I have to go back to researching magic. I’m sorry I couldn’t be with Tania, who is very lonely.”

“What, what…. Who suffers from loneliness a lot I have work to do.”

Tania, who slightly rolled her eyes at Elish’s joke, waved her small hand to Elish as she headed towards her laboratory.

“Let’s finish this soon and have tea together. It won’t take long.”

“Come and relax, why don’t you drink some tea?”

Tak, tak.

Leaving behind Tania’s kind words, I went down her stairs.

Her expression gradually changes as she descends one of the stairs in her basement.

From a relaxed expression to an expressionless expression.

Again, with an expression that made my chest feel tight.

“…… Ellen.”

Actually, Elish wanted to cry.

She thought in her own way that in her pasture she conveyed her true feelings to him.

The flow of Ellen’s mana, which is sometimes violently expressed, has not changed at all from before.

A wild, brutal, and hopeless manifestation of mana.

It’s definitely powerful, and I wondered how many swordsmen like Ellen would exist on this continent if it was only based on that power.

Her Ellen’s swordsmanship was never good for him.

If mana flows excessively in any way, it leaves scars on the body.

It has no choice but to be.

Because that was the human limit.

“… After that, there is no time to be idle. You need to wake up, Elish. Mental.”

Saying that, Elish shook off her thoughts.

The string of direct contract attached to the center of her chest vibrates violently.

In the underground lab that was simply installed, there were blue mana residues all over the place like torn curtains.

A small magic circle in the middle emitted strong light as if welcoming Elish.

Elish continued her magic research.

Even if it’s magic that you can’t handle alone, even if it leaves permanent scars on your body and mana circuit.

If Ellen’s masochistic sword could be swung one less time, she would be satisfied.

***

Early the next morning.

Dol-dol-dol.

The sound of the wagon’s wheels approaches the warrior’s temporary lodging.

Tania heard the sound of a carriage in her bed and jumped up from her seat.

She was glad to see Ellen after a long time and didn’t even think to tidy up her hair. She pulled up her blanket and opened the door to her makeshift lodging with her nightgown.

“L… !”

L.

However, Tania, who ran out to welcome her, could not finish her words and she froze.

Because there was not the face of Ellen, whom she had longed for, but the face of Elise, who had just gotten off the carriage.

“L?”

“… Hello, sister Elise.”

“Hello, my brother.”

Even with her greaves on.

Others would have thought that they were just wearing comfortable armor, but it was different for Tania.

There was only one case where Elise wore that armor.

My sister only wore that armor when she had to fight.

“… Uh, sister, why, I said I was going….”

“I came to pick you up. While you’re here, look at the warrior’s face.”

Elise slowly approached Tania with a soft smile and gently hugged her frozen body as usual.

“And I heard that repairing the training ground will take some time.”

Tania felt the coldness of her greaves patting her back.

Even though her older sister was no different than usual.

“By the way… Sister, by any chance, with Ellen….”

“Yes, with Ellen.”

“Dalian Hal… going to be?”

She asked, hoping not.

Tania still thought of Ellen as her fledgling swordsman.

Even before her return, a novice swordsman with skills inferior to her, whose ban was half lifted.

If such a swordsman had a sparring with Elise, the leader of the knights.

If that happened, there was a high probability that Ellen would not be able to participate in the subjugation.

Elise was never the type to look after her if needed.

Elise nodded her head as she released Tania from her arms, whether or not she knew her brother’s concern.

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“Why… why? Is it because you’re not hot? No, sister, that…. Everything I said must be wrong, Ellen has enough….”

“I don’t mean it because of your words, my brother.”

Elise continued Tania’s words while arranging her hair.

“The reason she hasn’t sparred with the hero so far is because the hero hasn’t made any official moves.”

“Official?”

“You know. Ellen knows that she has never fought against anyone or subdued monsters.”

“…… Huh.”

That was it.

Ellen has been training alone ever since she became a warrior.

As Elise said, the movement of the expedition corps was completely invisible.

“But now that the expedition has officially started moving, I just came to see if the hero, the representative of the expedition, has the skills to match. No other reason.”

“Ha, but, when I sparred with her sister, Ellen….”

“Because I might get hurt?”

“… ….”

Tania was indignant, but nodded her head.

When asked why you were angry, she said nothing, but Tania clearly felt resentment.

She

She was going to teach Ellen her sword when she came with permission.

She tried to make Ellen stronger once the urgent work was over.

Needless to say, she was resentful of her sister that she had come to sparring at the right timing.

“If you get hurt, you won’t be able to participate in the subjugation.”

“… Sister… !”

“But on the other hand, if you think about it the other way around, you can’t send it to battle with skills that would hurt you in sparring.”

The reason for the movement of the expedition, which has not been moved for several years.

The reason why Tania suddenly became interested in the essence of the moon.

Elise sensed that Ellen was involved in all the changes.

She decided to involve her own brother in a dangerous place called the Moonlight Colcasus Conquest.

Wouldn’t Ellen also deserve Elise to see if she deserved it?

For that reason, she could have endured a little resentment from her sister.

“Did you think I would entrust my sister to someone lesser?”

Elise’s words were cold.