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◈ Reincarnated as the Villain's Heir
Chapter 53: Magical Creature Lv.18
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"Hey, I don't know anything about an experiment."
"Then would you rather have a tongue kiss?"
Damn it.
I was irritated because this was far too unwilling on my part, but when she said the experiment involved combat testing magical creatures, I decided to do it.
It seemed the magical creatures Sister Mirei was creating in this Magic Research Institute currently ranged from level one to twenty.
"I want Alphys and the others to help collect combat data on the magical creatures."
"You want us to fight up to level twenty?"
"Ah, Alphys can probably only manage around level eighteen at best. Vaid-oniichan will fight level twenty."
"...Oh?"
Without thinking, I tightened my grip on my magic sword.
She was underestimating me.
Those were not words I expected from Sister Mirei, who usually praised me endlessly.
According to Sister Mirei, ordinary adventurers could subjugate up to level three.
Even Royal Sailrand Academy students could only manage around six at most, and the mage corps around ten.
After ten, even several members of the mage corps would struggle to subjugate one, and if they made a mistake, they could be wiped out.
In other words, it seemed she was calculating my strength as equivalent to several mage corps magicians.
Sister Mirei knew I had subjugated the Emperor Worm.
If she still judged me as level eighteen, then level twenty might be a national military power class.
Either way, I would not be satisfied with being underestimated by my own sister.
"Sister Mirei, let me fight level twenty."
"No. And let me say this clearly, I am not underestimating you at all. When I was your age, I do not think I could have beaten level eighteen."
"That strong?"
"At level eighteen, it is strong enough to beat an Emperor Worm."
I remembered the fight against that Emperor Worm.
The powerful blows from its giant body, and the ferocity with which it ate through the ground and moved in every direction.
I see. Stronger than that, huh.
"Fine. Give me level eighteen."
"Mm, what a good boy. I love you, Alphys."
"Just guide me."
The place Sister Mirei guided us to was a dome-shaped battle facility.
When I heard that a Safety Field had been set up here too, I felt let down.
"If there is a Safety Field, then level twenty should be fine, shouldn't it?"
"If the difference in ability is too large, it will not make a proper experiment."
"You really say it, huh."
Sister Mirei did not know this, but this place had existed in the game too.
It had been a difficult dungeon where higher-level magical creatures crowded together the farther in you went.
On top of that, it was a terrible dungeon that felt like something a middle schooler thought up, so it had a truly awful reputation among players.
"Then level eighteen, go!"
The door opened, and out came a golem whose torso, hands, feet, knees, and other parts were separated into six-sided crystal pieces.
Each piece floated faintly and was not completely attached to the others.
"Lord Alphys! Crush it! Cruuuush it!"
"Luchel-chan, you are way too fired up."
Luchel was boiling with anger over Sister Mirei's obscene behavior.
Now then, let's do this.
This one's name was, if I remembered right...
"That is Shining Golem. It is a magical creature created from a light-attribute magic stone. Estimated annihilation time against thirty magicians is roughly three minutes. Win rate against dark attribute opponents is ninety-nine percent!"
Sister Mirei was grinning.
She was probably planning to comfort me after I lost badly.
Even if I barely won and got hurt, she could still accomplish that.
In the past, when I messed up and came home wounded, she tried to lick my entire body.
She probably wanted to lick the wounds, but at that point, she was basically a sex criminal.
"Now, Shining Golem! Do it! Hah, hah!"
Her voice was high-pitched and gross.
Shining Golem's hands and feet separated and aimed beams at me like bits.
I twisted aside and dodged, but the beams curved and chased me.
This thing was definitely strong.
The Emperor Worm would have had too many firing points to escape from, and this could easily shoot through that body.
Most importantly, this thing was using lifeform detection, in other words, mana detection.
"Shining Golem uses mana detection, so running is useless! Hah, hah, hah, hah! Hurry, hurry. I want to cherish defeated Alphys!"
I ignored my seriously disgusting sister.
Light and darkness were each other's weak attributes.
In other words, both sides would take heavy damage if hit.
If hit, that is.
It was true that mana detection was troublesome for magicians.
A skilled magician could sense mana within several kilometers, and surprise attacks almost never worked.
But I had already prepared countermeasures for that.
The beams could not lock on and had been shooting around me for a while now.
"Huh? Huh, huh, huh? Alphys! Did you do something? Ah... There is some kind of black mist around Alphys..."
Dark Fog.
My mana was completely covered by darkness, and no one could peer into it.
Since Shining Golem could no longer detect my mana, it could not land its beams.
"This wooden puppet just scatters beams, huh."
"Alphys! But, but Shining Golem still has..."
"Dark Needle."
Dark Needles fired all at once from the shadows of Shining Golem's separated parts.
Each part of Shining Golem was pierced by Dark Needles, and fragments scattered from them at the same time.
Shards fell across the floor like glass.
"Is that enough?"
"Huh? Huuuh? Alphys, that is not what we discussed."
"Sister Mirei, which version of me were you imagining? Sure, before the Emperor Worm fight, this might have been dangerous."
I likely would not have kept up with Black Hole and would have been shot down by the beams from the freely flying parts.
While secluding myself in the mountains with Luchel, I had focused on erasing everything as much as possible.
In a wild environment, not being found was the most important thing.
Presence, breathing, sound.
I tried to erase all of it, but some monsters still found me anyway.
I had not known what they were reacting to, but apparently it was mana.
So I devised a way to avoid having my mana detected.
That was the Dark Fog I was using now.
As long as I wrapped myself in it, my mana was covered in darkness, and no one could see or detect it.
Magicians who relied completely on mana detection would probably panic from this alone.
"A-Alphys..."
"Are you angry? My precision with each spell has improved too. Dark Needle's speed and power are about twice what they were during the Emperor Worm fight."
"So precious!"
Sister Mirei smashed through the window and came in for a kiss.
I calmly headed for the exit, and Sister Mirei flopped onto the floor.
There are fragments on the floor there, you know.
"Owwww! Dodging that is not allowed!"
"Was that worth destroying your own facility?"
"Alphys has grown so splendidly strong... Sniff, sniff..."
Was this joy at my growth?
Or was it because her surprise kiss had failed?
No, thinking about it was pointless. It was both.
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