Chapter 255
「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 .