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◈ Reincarnated as the Villain's Heir
Chapter 55: The Power of House Balfont's Eldest Son
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"Umyumyu."
"Hey, get off."
"Umyu."
The last one was my awful sister.
She had liquefied with level twenty and stuck to me.
Leaving that awful sister aside, no one told me level twenty would get attached to people.
She might look cute, but inside, she was ferocious.
"Hey, Sister Mirei. What happened to this thing?"
"Well, she would be useless unless someone became her master, wouldn't she? What would be the point of me creating a magical creature that is only violent?"
"I feel like you would create one without thinking about anything..."
"How cruel!"
It was not cruel.
The cruel part was that I was the one she had gotten attached to.
One wrong step, and she was a dangerous creature.
If she would not leave me, I could not even attend the academy. What was I supposed to do?
"You! Get away from Lord Alphys!"
"Umyuuu!"
Level twenty threatened Luchel.
Would she only listen to me, her master?
"Hey, don't fight."
"Umyu."
Level twenty quieted down.
If she listened, there was still hope.
Since she would not leave me, I had no choice but to educate her little by little.
"Lord Alphys! Are you really taking that thing with you?"
"She probably won't leave me, and pushing her away feels wrong. Besides, if I train her, she might be useful somewhere."
"I am more useful!"
"You aren't on the same level as level twenty. You're above her."
"Hah!?"
I wondered if I could fool her with those words, and Luchel seemed to gain some kind of realization.
How wonderfully simple. It helped.
She regained her composure and looked down at level twenty.
"If you are attached to Lord Alphys, then you have to listen to me, his close aide, too. Understand?"
"Umyuuu..."
"Lord Alphys is first. I am next. You are last. Got it?"
"Uuuumyuuu..."
She sounded extremely dissatisfied. Would this be all right?
Level twenty slid into my bag.
If she was amorphous, would that solve the issue?
If the student council found out, I might get penalty points.
In particular, Lilisha would crack down on me like I was her parent's enemy.
This had become rather troublesome.
"Now then, about the experiment... It is time to finish it. Vaid-oniichan, it is your turn."
"Hmm? The level twenty fight is over, is it not?"
"Your opponents are levels twenty-one through twenty-five."
"Was the story not that they only went up to level twenty?"
Yes, well, of course it would turn out like this.
She had said there were up to level twenty, but she had never said that was all.
The level twenty-five here was only provisional.
"To be precise, there are five magical creatures. Their stages of strength are not very clear, so I want to decide them now. Naturally, though, they are stronger than that level twenty there."
"Interesting. Send them out at once."
Brother Vaid eagerly headed to the arena.
I thought a monster would come out immediately, but nothing appeared.
Actually, the door did not open.
"Hey, what are you doing? Open it."
"Director Mirei, are you really releasing those? They are unknown quantities, and if released, the institute might... In particular, provisional level twenty-five has destroyed the arena once."
"Who do you think is standing there? If Vaid-oniichan cannot handle them, then sooner or later, not just the institute but the entire royal capital will be destroyed."
"That is true... Then..."
An outrageous conversation unfolded, but Brother Vaid was waiting eagerly.
Then the door opened, and a flame-colored heat ray was released.
"I-it is out! Provisional level twenty-one, Red Material Dragon!"
The dragon that lumbered out had magic stones packed across its body like scales.
The shine of its eyes was somehow artificial, as if gems had been embedded there.
The magical creature, which held no life at all, fixed on Brother Vaid, who stood calmly even after receiving its breath.
"...Not bad! This heat is greater than the breath of a Magma Dragon born from a volcano! Especially..."
"Gaaaah!"
As if it cared nothing for the battle maniac's rambling, the dragon now spat a spread breath.
The heat rays branched again and again, attacking the whole arena.
The arena looked as if flaming meteors were flying through it, and a researcher screamed.
"I-it will not hold! Director Mirei! Quickly..."
"It is over."
The dragon dropped its head with its mouth still open.
With a heavy thud, the dragon stopped moving, and Brother Vaid stood at its feet.
"Mirei, this is a bother, so send out twenty-two through twenty-five all at once."
"Huh? Are you sure?"
"Yes."
The researchers were confused again, but at Mirei's instruction, they reluctantly opened the door.
A giant beast constantly bathed in lightning, a monstrous bird that scattered poisonous feathers while flying around the arena, a snake that swallowed every kind of magic, and a girl-shaped magical creature resembling level twenty.
Every one of them was beyond what the mage corps could handle.
Honestly, I had no confidence I could break through this situation.
"Magnificent!"
Brother Vaid readied his greatsword again and waited for their attacks as if telling them to come.
What made Brother Vaid strong?
It was not mana or chaos pulse.
It was physical ability.
In terms of pure physical ability, he surpassed even Leorg, and when he strengthened his body with mana, almost no one could beat Brother Vaid head-on.
Without drowning in techniques, magic, or pulse, Brother Vaid had trained his body relentlessly.
Because of that, even average mana-based body reinforcement became a threat comparable to forbidden magic when Brother Vaid used it, standing in the enemy's way.
That was no exception even against those magical creatures.
The magical creatures attacked all at once, and the arena filled with every kind of assault.
Feathers of death that killed instantly on contact, a storm of lightning far beyond Deniro, and a snake with its huge mouth open, attacking from above.
The finishing touch was the fire from the girl-shaped magical creature, as if it mocked all the others as child's play.
If Lilisha saw that fire, she might lose all confidence and never fight again.
It was no longer even fire.
A sphere of flame energy scorched the arena wall, which was made from ore with magic-resistant properties.
Any normal creature or material would evaporate in an instant.
Not burn. Evaporate.
That heat itself could probably melt even iron in seconds.
No living creature could survive in there no matter what magic they used.
"I could not dodge it all! Splendid!"
No living creature except Brother Vaid.
With a body harder than iron, Brother Vaid cut down the magical creatures one after another while his body was scorched.
He sliced through the giant beast along with its lightning, then threw his greatsword at the monstrous bird flying around and pierced it.
When it fell, he drew his greatsword again and sliced the snake into rings, then finally closed in on the girl-shaped magical creature.
"You are the strongest among them! By compressing heat in one place to the utmost limit, you increase destructive power and sublimate it into energy that erases matter! What is truly terrifying is that body itself! If my blade touches the surface, heat will instantly travel to me, and my arm will become unusable! And if that body, which could be called an energy body, releases its power, it will cause a super explosion! Enough to destroy one-fifth of the royal capital! Yet you yourself would take no damage, and if you wished, it would not take a day for you to devastate the royal capital! This can no longer be called anything but a calamity!"
Even that magical creature looked blank at Brother Vaid's rambling.
As always, why could he understand that much just by looking? Was he a pervert?
"But I have not lost either! I have practiced cutting fire as much as I like! For example, if I generate wind pressure without touching the heat and increase my sword speed, it is not impossible!"
He was saying something incomprehensible, but Brother Vaid was the kind of person who actually did it.
From there came one strike filled with spirit, and the girl-shaped magical creature was cut in two.
With the wind pressure, her upper and lower halves melted into the air like a candle flame being blown out.
"Moyu..."
"Hmm?"
The level twenty-five I thought had vanished appeared again.
Hey, don't tell me.
"What is it?"
"Moyumoyu."
Level twenty-five drifted around Brother Vaid.
Was this the same pattern as with me?
Brother Vaid looked slightly troubled, but soon turned on his heel.
"You also aim for greater heights, then."
"Moyu."
"Very well. Come."
"Moyuuu."
He had started taking a dangerous creature with him through some unique interpretation.
And so, what remained was a monster standing among the corpses of magical creatures.
Now then, I had to defeat that.
My body had been trembling with excitement for a while now.
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