Recovery
Seeking results for the sake of promotion, Latasha had thrown herself into danger.
To save her, I desperately reached out my hand.
—But at that timing, there was no way I’d make it in time.
Just as I was about to give up, thinking it was already too late...
“Haah!”
A girl’s voice rang out from behind me.
Was that... Amira?
The moment I thought that, a gust of wind struck me from behind. It was infused with mana—this had to be magic created by Amira. And it wasn’t just ordinary wind. Invisible blades hidden in it assaulted the centipede-like monster.
“Mr. Justin, get Latasha out of there, quickly!”
“On it!”
It was only a feint.
It didn’t inflict a fatal wound.
Amira had simply bought me time to rescue Latasha.
“Can you stand, Latasha?!”
“Ah... ugh...”
Faced with a giant monster for the first time, the sheer terror and the shame of having made such a grave mistake mixed inside her, sending Latasha into a state of panic.
“Get a hold of yourself! You gonna let it end here?!”
“...!”
At my shout, the light returned to Latasha’s eyes.
She couldn’t erase the fact that she’d messed up—but she could still recover from it.
She was still young, and had more than enough time to reclaim what she’d lost.
And she must have realized that too.
“If you still want to aim higher, then stand up and get out of here. Then let’s reset and start over.”
“Y-yes...”
Latasha gripped the hand I offered her.
While the monster was faltering from Amira’s spell, we withdrew and regrouped with Gary and Elina.
“Seriously, that was reckless!”
“We were really worried about you!”
“I’m sorry...”
Latasha was thoroughly remorseful.
Seeing her voice and expression filled with genuine regret, Gary and Elina said nothing more.
Instead, they refocused and devoted themselves fully to surviving the current situation.
Amira’s powerful magic could bring a swift end to this—but given the location, we couldn’t afford to use anything too flashy.
When we fought the Jewel Lizard, there were no mana ores nearby, so we could go all out.
But this time was different.
If we carelessly used magic and affected the surrounding mana ores, the valuable mineral resources would be ruined.
This was where we knights had to take the lead.
“Justin!”
“I know, Gary. I’ll break through with the power of the holy sword.”
“Alright! Leave the support to us!”
“Go for it, Justin!”
To bring down the centipede-like monster, we all moved out at once.
What do you think about this chapter?
