Kujibiki Tokushou: Musou Hāremu ken

「That’s so amazing……」

Melissa looked amazed in front of the countless corpses of Opis in front of her .

Although she is wearing clerical clothes, she’s different from the other priests that I know .

She is a dauntless woman who can stand on bloody battlefields, scenes of carnages without faltering .

And right now, she looks completely unaffected in front of a mountain of snake corpses .

「Kakeru, you became stronger again?」

「Just a little bit」

『Oi, don’t be too modest . I regained my peak strength . I won’t let you call it as just a little bit』

Eleanor protested, but I ignored her .

「Leaving aside the snakes……it looks like they didn’t appear」

My battle against the Opis took me some time .

I could do nothing about it since it’s an opponent that would increase its number the more I kill it .

We decided to wait here for Hemishes to appear, but even after passing some time, it doesn’t look like they would appear .

「It looks like there’s no more」

「I think so too」

「Thank you, Kakeru . It was very helpful」

「Don’t mind it . I just went to a date with my woman」

I said, then pulled Melissa into an embrace and kissed her .

「Thanks……」

She blushed, answering with a face happy with more than one reasons .

But that was only for an instant . Melissa who looked like she was indulging my embrace quickly regained her face as a Saintess .

「The only thing left is to wait for the water」

「Wait again? But the Hemishes are already annihilated」

I have defeated all of the sources that pollluted the water around hereーー

『You idiot』

「Mu?! ……ah, I see」

Being called by Eleanor, I noticed it as well .

Cutting off the main cause, doesn’t mean that the water would be purified immediately .

We could only wait for the water that was polluted to naturally cleanse itself .

「It would be great if there’s heavy rain, but it can’t be helped . From how the water flows around here, it would be fine after waiting for half a month . It’s enough if I could provide the water during that period . Thank you, Kakeru . Thanks to you, it became a lot easier」

「Oi, Melissa」

From her words, I involuntarily imagined what she’s planning .

「What?」

「The water provided, it will be donated by the Solon Church right?」

「No? I’ll pay for it myself . It’s fine . Donating water is a small thing . With Kakeru’s help, I know now how much I should provide, soーーow!」

I knocked on Melissa’s head .

The Immortal Saintess Melissa . She has an undying body that would recover even if she was split into halves by Eleanor, so I knocked a bit stronger .

「W-What are you doing?」

「……」

“There’s a limit on being too kind” was what I wanted to say, but .

『Kuku, those are useless words for that selfless Saintess whose lifework is to save peopleーーhey!』

I also gave Eleanor who spoke cheerfully a flick of my finger .

After doing that, I looked at Melissa .

Melissa whose covering her head with her hands while looking at me with teary eyes .

……*sigh* .

「Let’s go to the water source」

「Eh? WhyーーAh, wait for me, Kakeru!」

I ignored Melissa and quickly walked . Melissa caught up soon .

I walked in strides with her following me from behind .

We arrived at the water source where the sound of flowing water echoed within the darkness .

「It’s here huh, the water source」

「That’s correct, but what are you going to do?」

「I’ll purify it at once」

「H-How?」

I only need to burn it with flames .

The first magic that I learnedーーI received with my body after coming to this world is Flames Magic .

If I use all the magic powers I possess at once, thenーー

『Shall I lend you my powers?』

「Do you have a good idea?」

『Not exactly an idea, but it’s the powers I regained』

「He〜」

『I could use it myself, but……I’ll give it you . Make that Saintess retreat』

「Melissa, move back . I’ll prepare to do it」

「U-Un . I got it」

Melissa obediently moved back as she was told . After taking a few steps back, she tilted her head and walked a few more .

「Is that enough?」

『No problem . Are you ready?』

「I can guess what it is, do it」

『Kukuku』

Eleanor laughed, she seemed so cheerful, yet so evil .

The next instant, my body was enveloped by flames .

It was the flames released by Eleanor, it was dark flames .

「Kakeru?!」

Melissa called out with worry . I raised my hand to stop her .

There are two ways to learn magic in this world . One of them is this .

If one is able to survive after receiving a magic attack, and if that one possesses the aptitude, then they would learn it themselves .

And, all of my aptitudes are multiplied 777x, a state where I could learn any magic as long as I get hit by it .

The only thing left is to endure .

Eleanor’s dark flames were more terrifying than the usual .

It doesn’t only burn in the surface, I could even feel pain from deep within my bones .

But I endured, I endured while releasing all of my strength .

The flames continued to burn for a while . But finally, it was finally extinguished .

「Are you alright, Kakeru?」

「You found out what I’m doing halfway right?」

「But it’s still worrying . It looked so……it was simply terrifying」

「It’s Eleanor’s flames after all . Just its looks are terrifying」

『Hmph, what do you mean just its looks』

Eleanor protested . Of course, she wasn’t seriously angry .

「Now, let’s do it」

I once again faced towards the water source .

I reached out my hand, using the dark flames that I learned from Eleanor .

Dark flames only the size of a spark slowly flicked while it advanced, but the moment it entered the water source,

*BOOOSH!!!*

The flames instantly surged .

It burned upwards as if the ordinary water turned into gasoline .

The water source was instantly enveloped by dark flames .

The water evaporated as soon as it touched the flames, but it did not end with just that . It continued to burn the ground .

That only happened for five seconds, but the water source turned into a lake that was completely dried .

But although all of the polluted water was extinguished, it does not mean that the water source was destroyed .

New, fresh water quickly sprang out .

「It should be alright now」

「Kakeru’s really amazing……I couldn’t imagine this way of solving it」

“It’s all your fault”, I thought, but I didn’t say it out .

Instead,

「I’ll make you pay for it, personally」

「Un! Gladly」

The Saintess that I pulled into an embrace nodded with her happiest smile .