In the outskirts of Roizen, in the open grasslands .

    The two hundred slave soldiers were challenging me .

    With “Warrior’s Eyes” that can only be wielded by people who have experienced many battles, they grouped and attacked me .

    I fought back using Eleanor . Hikari was still hanging on my waist .

    『They have become quite useful now』

    「I think so too, if it’s like this, I can take them to battlefields」

    While chatting with Eleanor, I counterattacked with the thought of training them .

    It’s a mock battle after all, so I fought while holding back to not let them get severe injuries .

    「Retreat once!」

    When one of the slave soldiers shouted that, all of them started to fall back .

    「Ohh」

    I was slightly moved .

    Their formation while falling back was surprisingly orderly .

    『They’re quite trained』

    「I think so too」

    『You want to do a pursuit attack? It’s also interesting how their rear guard fairs』

    “Alright”ーーwhen I nodded like that, I felt a pressure from the side .

    I held Eleanor and stopped the one who was closing in .

    *Kakiーn!*, the sharp sword sounds echoes .

    It was the appearance of a woman holding a large sword .

    「Agnes huh」

    「The only one who can call me that is Nee-san」

    Showing an angry expression, Agnes pushes me to a sword lock .

    Looking over her shoulder, there was Io and the clerical clothed woman, Julia .

    Io’s party, an orthodox party of a swordsman, magician, and priest .

    After the slave soldiers, the three challenged me .

    「UUOOOOOO!!」

    「Just brute strength?」

    「ーー!! There’s no way right!」

    Agnes reddened her face .

    She shifted her blade, and this time, she slashed horizontally using the centrifugal force with the large swords .

    The sound of the swords clashing, and an impact greater than earlier .

    It was an impact that made Eleanor slightly shake .

    「You’re good」

    「Don’t look down on me!」

    Agnes slashed consecutively . Behind her, Julia supported her, and Io started to cast her spell .

    Io’s party’s standard strategy . While Agnes was blocking the enemy, Julia heightens her magic powers to support, and Io would deal the finishing blow .

    It’s a good orthodox strategy, I can easily imagine its high results .

    And furthermore, that’s not all, while chanting, Io’s eyes were shining .

    “She’s aiming for something”, I thought . Thinking of her intention, I started to look forward to it .

    The sounds of the swords clashing continued, I waited for that . And finally .

    「Agnes!」

    Julia shouted . Agnes who was fighting me used the recoil of exchanging swords to greatly fall back .

    And with almost no pauseーーIo’s magic flew .

    The lightning magic fell from the sky, a hundred lightning strikes fell consecutively .

    Io’s great magic, her finishing magic .

    I held Eleanor, and endured it .

    I couldn’t escape with no damage, but the damage isn’t that much .

    It’s damage that I could endure knowing that it would come .

    The one hundred strikes fell, and my smoke raised from my body .

    Well then, what’s next after this magicーー .

    「Onee-sama! Now!」

    「Yes! Kakeru-san! Here I come!」

    Julia’s body shined, and that light goes to Io .

    Soon after, Io released a magic .

    「Guu!」

    I felt it to the core of my body . The pain, heat, and numbness ran through me .

    The consecutive blows came, a hundred lightning strikes, it’s the second one!

    I didn’t think that the great magic that requires a long chant would come consecutively, so the magic hits my body without me being on guard .

    The damage came to my body directly .

    「We did it, we really did it . As expected of Nee-san」

    「That’s the price of underestimating Onee-sama」

    Agnes and Julia celebrated .

    「Fuu?……」

    I let out the breath I held in my lungs .

    Even if it’s me, I still received quite some damage .

    「Bluffing isn’t good for you, you know, receiving Nee-san’s Lightning Hundredーー」

    「That’s right, the two of them directly hit, soーー」

    I sprinted off, kicking the ground .

    First, I closed in to Agnes, I grabbed her who wasn’t able to even react, and threw her towards Julia .

    The two of them were blown away together .

    This time, I closed in to Io . I placed Eleanor’s edge to her throat, and make a formal checkmate .

    「As expected of Kakeru-san」

    Io laughed wryly .

    「It was quite effective」

    「I thought that I had a chance though」

    「If it’s anyone other than me, you would have a lot」

    「Then, how about this?」

    「Whatーーku!」

    I was shot by magic from the side . The magic hits me off guard .

    I mean, it’s magic?! Who is it!

    I held Eleanor and looked to the side, and in there, there was the ghost maid pair, Tania and Peggy .

    The two who were floating in the air released their magic one next to the other .

    I blocked them using Eleanor, and slashed .

    And while I was doing that, Agnes recovered, and slashes to me with her large sword .

    And furthermore, as if they were waiting just for that, the 200 slave soldiers joined the fray .

    Slave soldiers, Io’s party, maid ghosts .

    They all attacked me at once .

    「This is great, it’s starting to get fun . Hikari」

    『Un!』

    I drew Hikari answering, and dual wield with Eleanor .

    I clad myself with the dark aura coming out from the Demon Sword .

    It’s fun .

    Io’s party, the ghosts’ magic, the slave soldiers’ attacks .

    It’s fun fighting against them .

    I got a little serious .

    I broke through Agnes’ guard and stopped Io’s incantation, trampled the slave soldiers, and erased the ghosts’ magic using the Demon Sword’s aura .

    I fought them with Eleanor and Hikari .

    All of them were defeated, and when the attacks finally calmed downーーthat flew .

    「You finally came」

    I grinned, and countered with Eleanor .

    The sharp sword sound was deafening .

    Two blows with one slash .

    The one who closed in was Nana who was clad in a platinum armor .

    「I guessed you’d come」

    「I will attack will all of my strength」

    Nana who gained the new powers of 100% additional attack .

    From how the events progressed, I guessed that she’d come .

    The Demon Sword and her long sword clashes . Both of them had additional attacks, and double the times of the clashing swords, the sword sounds echoes through .

    The slave soldiers, Io’s party, and maid ghosts .

    All of them were watching from the side .

    「You’re strong, Nana . You’d gotten stronger than before」

    「I trained for the sake of Aruji!」

    「Come more」

    「Fu!」

    Flashes full of her willーーthree consecutive slash .

    Three lights appeared in front of me, and the six blows numbed my hand that holds Eleanor .

    「Haaaaaa!!」

    And after that, I started to lose leeway to think, this time, six consecutive attacks followed .

    Twelve bows, I couldn’t help but use Hikari to parry .

    「You’re good」

    「Gratitude!」

    「How about this!」

    I got a little serious, I thought that if it’s Nana .

    I clashed with the six consecutive slashes that came by using Eleanor to attack with the same speed, and slashed using Hikari .

    *Zaku!*

    The small Demon Sword touched Nana’s skinーーbut there wasn’t any reaction .

    I was sure that I cut her, but there was no reaction at all . What does thisーー .

    「ーーMelissa!」

    I couldn’t help to let out a voice . Behind Nana, I saw there the appearance of the Immortal Saintess .

    Melissa was in a pose of praying with her hands together, and there was blood spurting out from her body, the same place where Nana was cut .

    This is unexpected, this is completely unexpected .

    I couldn’t expect at all that Nana and Melissa would join forces .

    It was too unexpected thatーー

    「Haha」

    I laughed out .

    I kicked the ground and jumped back .

    I looked at the women in front of me .

    Nana .

    Melissa .

    Io and her party .

    Maid ghosts .

    Slave soldiers .

    The women’s eyes were shining all the same .

    They were eyes that were aiming for something, after all this .

    This battle, it was a fight to measure their strengthーーand they have eyes that show that they are seriously thinking of defeating me .

    「Haha」

    I laughed again, it’s so fun I can’t help myself .

    『Otou-san, he looks happy』

    『Men are idiots after all .  They’d be like that with good women in front of them』

    『Onee-chans, all of them are good women?』

    『Hmph . You can tell just looking at this guy’s attitude right?』

    Eleanor and Hikari chatted inside my head .

    I completely agree .

    「All of you are good women」

    I charged towards Nana who was in the spearhead, and towards the women .

    Holding back, I’m done with that .

    I wanted to know, how good women they are .

    ☆

    I returned advanced to the mansion .

    It was a fierce battle, and I really feel fierce as well .

    The density of the battle was completely different; this heightened feeling exceeds what I felt at the time when I defeated the Red Dragon .

    And with that heightened feelings, I came to Althea’s room .

    「Althea」

    「What is it?」

    I reached out my hand .

    With just that, Althea understood .

    She took out her hand from her cloak, and held my hand .

    All of the vigor from my body felt like it was being absorbed . The wrinkly hand became rejuvenated .

    Great Sage Althea . A woman who becomes youthful with a thousand people’s vigor, or the vigor by myself .

    And finally, she stopped absorbing the vigor, and showed her face .

    I was surprised .

    「Althea?」

    「What is it」

    「That appearance」

    The Althea in front of me is very beautiful .

    When I first met her, I thought of her as a matchless beauty .

    But the Althea right in front of me was more than that .

    She was more beautiful than the time I thought of her as a matchless beauty .

    「……this is my prime」

    「Prime?」

    「Yes . I have become rejuvenated up until now, but it was 80% of my prime . The amount of vigor was enough, but the quality wasn’t so it was only up to 80%」

    「The quality was enough now, that’s what you’re saying」

    「Yes……what happened?」

    Althea stared at me, and asked .

    「There were good women」

    「Is that so」

    With only that, Althea had a convinced expression .

    「And so」

    She said that, and stared at me furthermore .

    Her eyes were asking what was next .

    I wanted Althea .

    Up until now, I was only giving her vigor to become rejuvenated, but I couldn’t feel anything anymore after that .

    My vigor was completely sucked away .

    But, right nowーーI still can do it .

    I carried Althea to an embrace .

    I took her from the room while carrying her like a princess, and went to my room .

    I placed her on top of the bed, and stared straight at her .

    「Althea . Tell me your name . I only know you as Althea」

    I wanted to know the name of the woman that I was going to make as mine .

    「I am Althea, just Althea」

    「Althea……」

    「I am “just” Althea」

    Staring at her for a while, I said .

    「No, up until now, you were the Great Sage Althea . But here, from now on」

    I stared straight at her eyes, and kissed her .

    「I will, make you just Althea」

    「Un……」

    She nodded, and Althea slowly closed her eyes .

    Today is full of surprises, up to the end, I was surprised .

    Althea, it was the first time .