Chapter 29: Tuna mayonnaise is delicious

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Translator: Soafp

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On the roof of the royal castle, I munched on one of my sister's special rice balls.

“I'm munch munch… Sis, is it my turn yet?”

“IwentoseKinAsdosumthinculalredy!!”

“Luu, talking with your mouth full is bad manners.”

Gulp. “I want to see King Ask do something cool already!!”

Luu swallowed her rice ball.

When I picked off the grains of rice stuck around her mouth, she said “Thank yooou” and started munching on her rice ball again.

“Ah, Luu, that's my tuna-mayo.”

“The rice ball is yummy!! I love tuna-mayo!! I don't want the kelp one… it tastes weird…”

“Tuna-mayo is good, yeah. But I hate kelp. I wanted the tuna-mayo one.”

“King Ask, being picky is not gooood!!”

“You're the one being picky.”

I snatched back the rice ball Luu had bitten into.

She has dragon limbs, so her physical ability is high, but I'm still faster.

“Ah! Don't take Luu's tuna-mayo!!”

“It's my tuna-mayo.”

“King Ask is mean!! Luu wants to eaaat toooo!!”

Luu pressed her body against mine trying to take it back.

In the process, her unexpectedly soft chest hit my face.

Not as big as Christina or Victoria's, but definitely soft.

Probably bigger than Nee-san's.

“…Fine, fine. Half and half then.”

“Yaaay!! Luu loves King Ask!! As much as tuna-mayo!!”

“That's not exactly a compliment.”

Nee-san, who had been watching us, muttered something.

“For some reason, it looks like you felt good having Luu's chest pressed against you, so you decided to share.”

“That's your imagination.”

“Really?”

“Imagination, imagination.”

Nee-san stared at me intently, so I avoided her eyes.

After a moment, she sighed.

“You say you want a turn, but… did you want to heal the patients yourself?”

“Not really? I think it's fine whoever heals them, as long as injuries and illnesses decrease. I'm just bored.”

“Bored!! Luu wants to play more!! King Ask, let's play catch!!”

“Playing catch on a roof is dangerous. …By the way, Nee-san.”

“What is it?”

I looked down at the chaotic scene below — all the members of the ‘The Indiscriminate Healing Magicians' knocking out soldiers and knights as they advanced through the crowded square.

Instead of their usual weird screams, they were striking dramatic poses and spouting cool-sounding lines.

“When I'm No-Face, I don't do embarrassing stuff like that, right?”

“? I don't know what you mean by embarrassing, but when you act as No-Face you're basically like that.”

“No waaay.”

“It's not a lie.”

Just then, someone landed softly on the roof with a small tap.

Belchika.

“…It's been a while, No-Face.”

Hmm. She's not wearing the white robe or the mirror mask today, so she must have been looking for me as a student of the Hero Academy.

I decided to answer her in No-Face mode.

“How did you know I'd be here?”

“If you're giving commands to that many people, you'd have to be somewhere with a view of the whole capital.”

“I see.”

Belchika really is smart. …No, this isn't the time to admire her.

“Nee-san, Nee-san. I'll stall her, so go escape somewhere. Once the prey— I mean patients— are healed, withdraw, okay?”

“Will you be all right? She's the strongest in the Hero Academy. And stop calling the patients prey.”

“I'll be fine. …Probably.”

“What are you two whispering about?”

As Nee-san and I whispered, Belchika readied her sheathed sword.

Last time ended peacefully, but she clearly meant business today.

Hmm… what do I do…

“You won't let me go this time?”

“…Sorry. Today I'm going to arrest you with everything I've got.”

“Can I ask why?”

“Money.”

“Money.”

Wait—money?

“If I catch you, Princess Christina will give me a reward!! With that money I can pay off my student loans all at once, so please surrender!!”

“Ah, yeah… well, I guess I'll resist then.”

Students struggling with money… that's rough.

I was born into a wealthy family in both my previous life and this one, so I can't relate.

But I can't get caught here.

“I'm coming!!”

The next moment, Belchika closed the distance and swung her sheathed sword down on my skull.

I blocked with my arm—crack! A sickening sound rang out.

Complete compound fracture.

Even Nee-san can't deal that much damage to me. What strength.

This is… bone-breaking. In both senses!!

“…Leave this to you.”

“Okay, got it.”

“As— mgh!? Mmmggh!!”

Luu almost shouted “Ask” out loud, so Nee-san clamped her hand over her mouth and leaped off the roof with her.

Now I must buy them time.

But that first strike already told me everything.

She's dead serious. If I don’t go all out, I'll lose.

First, I healed my completely shattered arm and raised my fists.

Even if I learn mental magic or memory magic someday, if I can't physically overpower her, I won't be able to cure her chuunibyou anyway.

This will be a rehearsal for that.

“I'll show you, No-Face. —The power of a hero's descendant.”

It happened in an instant.

One moment Belchika's figure vanished, and the next, I was launched several hundred meters above the royal capital.