A Misunderstood Mentor 34 – The Second Coming of the Great Sage

June 3, 2022Zathael

When the smoke in the arena cleared, an unbelievable scene unfolded.

Carmilla, who was enveloped in the smoke, no longer took the form of a person.
Instead a giant black bat bites Chloe by the nape of her neck.

“Gaaaaaaaah!”

As Chloe tries futilely to break free, Carmilla flies into the sky in her bat form.

“Let me down! Wha-! What’s going on!?”
“Kuu-chan! What’s wrong!”

Chloe stops moving.

“This is the end.
Those bitten by a true ancestor like me turn into puppets, unable to defy me”

Carmilla slowly transforms from a bat back into her previous appearance.

She descends to the ground and stands before Chloe with a smile on her face.

“Now, my cute servant, accept your loss and surrender”

Carmilla looks certain of her victory as Chloe kneels before her.

“Yes, my lord, Carmilla-sama…..”
“Stop, Kuu-chan”

However, the next moment, Chloe suddenly stands up and spews a great flame from her mouth.

“Gi- Gyaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

The careless Carmilla properly takes on an attack for the first time and her body is bathed in flame.

“Im- Impossible nya!”

The one who screamed is Miacis, sitting behind me.

“It should not be possible for those bitten by Carmilla to turn against her nya!”

It’s no surprise that Miacis is shocked.
The one who bathed Carmilla in flame isn’t Chloe.

“Eh!? What’s this! I’ve become Kuu-chan”

She appears to be Chloe.
But after Chloe was bitten, Karna somehow swapped places with her.

“Aah what are you doing to my lord, Carmilla-sama!”

As proof, the Demon Sword made a strange statement.

Not to mention I wasn’t the only one who noticed their swap.

The Four God Pillars.
Byakko, who sees through injustice, releases a white light.

[An illegal change in fighters has been detected]

The white light shines upon Karna, who has swapped with Chloe.

“Wai- hold on, this isn’t a foul, stop that, it hurts, owowowow, I get it, we lose okay, stop, owowowowowow!”

Karna writhes as if being electrocuted.

“Never mind that! Hurry up and put out these flames! It’s hot, really hot!!”

As you would expect, Carmilla is also writhing in pain after being hit by those flames.
What is this.
This hellscape.

“Ch-Chloe-sama is disqualified, Carmilla-sama wins!”

With great turmoil, the seventh match comes to an end.

“Apologies Takumi-dono.
I was unable to win”

The Chloe that returned, her shoulders slumped in disappointment, is the usual Chloe.
It seems Carmilla’s vampiric control was removed by the restorative powers of the Four God Pillars.
How did she return from being switched with Demon Sword Karna I wonder or more correctly, how did that happen in the first place.
I don’t understand at all.

“Somehow when Kuu-chan was acting wierd, I thought to myself that I need to save her and it just happened.
I don’t understand what happened at all either”
“I see…..
Would you like to continue to hold onto Karna from now on Chloe?”
“No, I am still unable to handle Kar-nee.
Could I ask you to hold onto her for a bit longer, Takumi-dono”
“…..Are you fine with that? Karna?”
“Eh…? …..Ah, yeah.
That’s right.
That’s fine for now”

Is she thinking about something.
Karna seems absent minded.
Maybe she managed to find a hint.

With this, all of the Four Heavenly Kings have progressed to the second round (excluding Dogma).
Depending on the Demon Lords actions, their might could become our enemy.
That’s the one thing I must avoid.

“Continuing on, the eighth match should have been Alice-sama vs Jusrack-sama however Jusrack-sama has withdrawn from the tournament, as such Alice-sama is the victor”

Unable to see the match, the crowd begins to boo.

Neither the Goblin King nor Alice show themselves.
That reminds me, I haven’t seen the Goblin King ever since the tournament bracket was decided.
As Alice’s subordinate, perhaps he was told to withdraw beforehand.
Will Alice actually come to this tournament though?

“Then let us move to the first match of the second round.
Takumi-sama, Linden-sama, please make your way onto the stage!”

The battle against the Demon Lord has finally begun.
Rather than fighting, the only thing I can do is talk things out but I wonder what the other side intends to do.

“Takumi, see you later”

Chiharu, who was sitting quietly on my lap, sees me off.

Somehow, her face is full of confidence.
Does she believe in my victory I wonder.

“Takumi-dono, what about Kar-nee?”
“She must be tired after just fighting.
Look after her, Chloe”
“Understood.
Using Kar-nee is unnecessary.
That’s what you mean”
“Aah, I’m glad you understand, that’s exactly right”

Because even if I use her there’s no chance of winning, but let’s leave it at that.

“Then I’ll be off…..
huh, Reia?”

That reminds me, there hasn’t been a response from Reia since that dispute with the Demon Lord.
I peek at her with concern to see her muttering something in a quiet voice.

“…..something like that, for me to kiss Takumi-san.
How discourteous.
Not to mention we have yet to hold hands, these things should be done in the proper order or else…..”

…..has she been mumbling this whole time.
Scary, Reia that’s pretty scary.

“Th- Then I’ll be off”

As if running from Reia, I make my way onto the stage.

At the centre of the arena, a large black hole suddenly appears.
From within the Demon Lord, Linden Lindburg, slowly emerges.

“Then, shall we begin”

Without trying to hide it, Linden-san releases her full power.

I sigh as I walk onto the stage to confront her.

I didn’t have any intention to fight.
Before the battle begins, I would announce that I am not the Demon Lord and withdraw.

But for what reason did the Demon Lord do this.
Why did she frame me as the Demon Lord and even kiss me.

That’s what I want to know.

“It’s a secret.
I’ll tell you if you beat me”

Was what the Demon Lord said.
There’s no way I can defeat the Demon Lord.
That’s right, it’s impossible for me alone.
Even with Demon Sword Karna I probably wouldn’t win against the Demon Lord.
If there was even a slight chance for me to win, it would be…..

I touch the bell hanging at my waist.

A bell of transfer.

The bell Nuruhachi left in order to come to my place, I haven’t used it even once since then.

Did Nuruhachi really die in her fight with Alice.
No, there’s no way Nuruhachi died.

When we were in a party, no matter how difficult the quest, she would complete it with me dragging her down.

“…..Nuruhachi, I need you to save me now”

I ask Nuruhachi for help for the first time.

As if in response, the bell rings.

At the same time as the gong sounds, light spills from the bell.

“Hah, what a development this is”

The Demon Lord’s voice sounds somewhat happy.

Looking the exact same as the last time I saw her, the woman whose appearance never changes appears.
The elf magician with an immortal body and the former guild rank one.

The Great Sage Nuruhachi has come.

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