The young man, who had been crowing in victory, was interrupted by Renya's words and a sound like shattering glass, letting out another foolish sound.
Looking, the spear embedded in La Folia was glowing.
At the same time, the spell binding her shattered.
Freed from the binding spell, La Folia collapsed weakly, sitting down.
The spear removed itself on its own and flew back to Renya's hand…
Renya caught it with his right hand, spun it, and tucked it under his arm.
There wasn't a single drop of blood on the tip.
"Oh...?" La Folia let out a confused sound.
When the spear had struck, there was a slight impact, but no pain.
Looking down at her voluptuous chest, which she couldn't see past, she saw that it should have been pierced, yet her snow-white skin bore not a single wound.
"Wh-what, what did you do!?"
"The spear I just threw was one that nullifies and destroys only spells."
The spear Renya had created was a non-lethal weapon that would not harm the human body at all. However, if it was a spell, it could nullify and destroy it regardless of its type.
In other words, while buying time through conversation, Renya had analyzed the spell's structure, created a spear adapted to it, and thrown it.
The spear that pierced La Folia destroyed only the binding spell without harming her.
"S-such an absurd thing is possible!?"
The young man didn't want to admit it, but precisely because it was possible, La Folia was freed from the spell unharmed, and even the timed curse—though it was forcibly triggered in form—hadn't activated.
"Ugh, this, this...! I, I'll just do it again—"
"—I won't allow it."
The young man tried to take La Folia hostage again, but the black-clad assassin stepped between them, blocking his way.
"Y-you..."
He stepped back, faced with the tip of the greatsword and a cold glare.
"Wh-what about the men outside?! Why aren't they coming?! They're not abandoning me, are they!?"
"The men outside can't come."
"Wh-what!?"
"Take a good look."
At Renya's words, the young man averted his gaze—and the scenery outside the window had completely changed.
"Wh-what is this..."
Outside the window, everything was frozen.
Even this building was frozen, transformed into a world of ice.
In the sky, a blue-haired beauty sat on her staff, floating.
It was Elfaria—who could not forgive those who had tried to spoil her date with Renya.
Elfaria had accompanied Renya and frozen all the forces keeping watch outside.
"S-such, such absurdity..."
Confronted with this reality, the young man's bloodshot eyes trembled, his clenched fists shaking, dripping blood.
"Give it up."
"Give up? Give up, you say... If that's how it is!"
Glaring at Renya in response, he pulled a piece of paper from his bosom and raised it.
"She's still untrained since I just got her, but I have no choice! Come, my new servant candidate!"
Saying this, the young man poured magical power into the paper, and a magic circle deployed.
'A summoning spell…'
Recognizing the magic circle at a glance, Renya waited for the spell to complete, not wanting to interfere carelessly and risk a misfire.
A strong luminescence occurred, and a flash of light burst forth.
What appeared from the magic circle was a single young girl.
Long silver hair, brown skin, and pointed ears.
The girl was a dark elf.
"Attack! Kill that man!"
"...Ye...s..."
She had just been captured and not yet trained, but the contract had been made, so she couldn't disobey.
The dark elf girl emitted magical power from her body.
Moisture in the air gathered and transformed into power.
The dark elf girl was a user of water attribute magic.
But likely because she was being forced. Being an excellent magic user, she resisted the compulsion, but as a result, the magic formula was extremely sloppy.
She could only manifest about a tenth of her true power, and her spell activation was far too slow.
In such a state, she couldn't even fight Renya, let alone defeat him.
Renya created a new dispelling spear and thrust it into the dark elf girl's ample chest.
"Ah..."
Her eyes widening from the small impact, the dark elf girl—in the moment she lost consciousness—
"Thank you... so much..." Saying this, she collapsed.
Before she could hit the ground, Renya used a cushion of wind magic to softly catch her.
The dark elf girl's chest was rising and falling; it was clear her life was not in danger.
Unwilling to kill the dark elf girl who was being forcibly controlled, Renya used a spell-cutting spear, as he had done with La Folia.
"Wh-what is this, what is this?! She's a dark elf, isn't she? An excellent magic user, right?! Why did she lose so easily? Th-this is fraud! This is fraud! You overestimated her value as a product! You fraudulent whore—"
The young man, refusing to see reality and spewing selfish abuse, was—
"Guh, ah...!"
His chest was pierced by a spear.
Naturally, it was a spear in Renya's hand.
"Ge, buh..."
It was not a non-lethal spear like those used on La Folia and the dark elf girl, but a lethal one.
His flesh, bones, and heart severed and pierced, the young man couldn't even get a death rattle past the blood bubbling up in his throat. He vomited blood and finished.
When Renya withdrew the spear, the young man fell forward, face down, as a pool of blood spread beneath him.
"La Folia-sama! Thank goodness, thank goodness...!"
"Honestly, you worry too much, Rixia... I'm perfectly fine."
La Folia, helped up by the black-clad assassin, smiled and touched her cheek in response.
Seeing that she was somewhat weakened but her life wasn't in danger, Renya used runic fire to burn all the corpses.
Even the bloodstains were incinerated, leaving no traces beyond the damage from the battle.
"...Well then."
Having finished the cleanup, Renya walked toward La Folia and the black-clad assassin.
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