How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 111

She blinked at me, looking bewildered.

“You saved me?”

“It might sound suspicious, but please calm down and think. What happened just before?”

“Umm?”

“Anyway, please think it over carefully.”

At first, she seemed confused, but soon her mind seemed to settle, and she began to think seriously.

…Quite level-headed. That’ll make it easier to persuade her.

“…Cindy betrayed me.”

She muttered, sounding sad.

She must be feeling down because of the betrayal.

Seriously, what a tragic fate.

I sympathize with her a little.

“A woman dressed as a maid was carrying you. Cindy must be the one.”

“…That can’t be.”

At that moment, her eyes narrowed as if she felt sorry.

“What happened to that maid? Can you tell me?”

“The woman who appeared to be a maid ran away as soon as things turned against her because I interfered.”

“…I see.”

“You probably won’t see her again.”

“…Probably.”

“And one more thing.”

“Again… what is it?”

She looked at me with eyes that seemed to say, ‘What else is there?’ so I shrugged and pretended to look around.

“Please vouch for me later. That I’m not a suspicious person. It’ll be a little troublesome if you don’t.”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden…?”

“Because someone’s coming. Probably.”

However, something is strange.

The approaching presence is somewhat unique for a knight.

‘What is it? The approaching one is a mage… no, a spiritist? More than that, the presence is a bit odd?’

I thought knights working in the castle would be rushing over, so it bothered me.

“Um… Miss? Did you have a spiritist among those guarding you?”

“A spiritist… Ah, could it be.”

She opened her mouth slightly, seeming to have remembered something.

You have a guess?

Really? A spiritist? No way.

‘No way… In the original work, there shouldn’t be a spiritist among the close aides of the Falgentania Archduke’s family?’

However, there could be errors.

There’s no reason to obsess over such trivial things like whether there is one or not here.

But what’s strangely bothering me is that this presence is unusual.

My intuition tells me it’s not a normal spiritist.

‘No… Could it be.’

I was feeling uneasy when…

A strange impact struck the back of me.

Something invisible hit me hard.

“Ugh?!

I tumbled and belatedly realized that what had struck me was wind, a highly compressed wind pressure bullet.

Is it a sniper?

The princess also screamed in surprise.

It’s only natural since I, who was standing still, was hit by something and rolled away.

“Wait! Are you alright?!”

“I’m not alright.”

If it weren’t for me, my spine would have been crushed on the spot.

‘More are coming.’

Intense spirit energy is detected.

I rolled my body first without checking.

Bang!

The place where I had been lying was dug up, dirt and all.

“I don’t know who it is, but are you picking a fight with me using spirit magic?!”

I have to drag whoever it is out.

Fortunately, perhaps because we both handle spirits, I vaguely grasped the location.

“There you are!”

Above the tree about 120 meters to the right!

“I know you’re there, so come out now!”

I quickly created a water arrow and fired it, and a shadow jumped up from above.

The presence landed where I could see it.

“Huh?”

I had to stop and be surprised, having been about to pour out additional attacks.

Because the one who appeared was an unexpected person.

“What? …You, are you a spiritist? I didn’t hear about this from that guy. More than that, wasn’t the one who ran off with that princess a maid?”

She grumbled, glaring at me as if I was a nuisance.

The one who landed was a striking figure in every sense.

“…Elf.”

What came to mind first was the rare appearance of an elf, which was obvious at a glance.

“Lucel?”

Meanwhile, the princess called the elf’s name.

As expected, it seems they know each other.

I clearly heard it.

“Lucel, huh…”

I had to pay attention to her name next.

Lucel Elbeid.

A supporting character in this world, 《The Returned Great Hero》, and…

One of the companions who act with the protagonist Sylvester from the beginning.

The future strongest spiritist.

No… Why aren’t you, the damn protagonist, coming, and you’re popping up instead?

Elf spiritist, Lucel Elbeid.

First appearance in Volume 1, and all the way to the end~.

She can be said to be the first companion the protagonist interacts with in the original work.

And she was the one who benefited the most from the protagonist.

At the time of her first appearance, she was just a third-rate spiritist sleeping on the streets without any special skills, but with the protagonist’s help, she properly awakened her spirit magic and grew rapidly.

Thanks to that, or perhaps because of the characteristics of the initial members, Lucel never left the protagonist’s party.

Even in the development where many people temporarily left or even turned their backs, she was a loyal member who never left even once.

In some ways, she can be seen as a perennial extra, but that doesn’t mean Lucel should be underestimated.

In another sense, she is a companion who continues to grow alongside the protagonist.

She is a blessed person who is guaranteed a path to becoming stronger.

And I am now confronting the protagonist’s first companion.

It’s incredibly annoying.

‘Why do I have to run into that elf here?’

I am now busy recalling Lucel’s personal characteristics, that is, her personal settings.

What she can do, what she hates.

I quickly flipped through the elements from Volumes 1 to 4 in my head.

Her specialty is definitely spirit magic, as I know it.

No, it’s not just a specialty.

‘The undisputed master of spirit magic…’

If Cruise Elfament is the representative of the protagonist’s companions as a mage, she is in a position to show off her existence as a spiritist.

‘The problem is that the main character is glaring at me…’

It’s really troublesome that she misunderstands me as the villain.

‘It’s understandable given the circumstances.’

The culprit has already run away, but Lucel, who didn’t see the situation, misunderstands me as the culprit.

It’s a very common situation.

‘…What should I do now?’

I can’t say that I didn’t expect this kind of situation at all, but it’s definitely a difficult situation.

‘It would be easier to clear up the misunderstanding if the protagonist came out himself!’

If it were the protagonist, he would definitely notice.

But running into that elf is a bit of a hassle.

Compared to other characters, Lucel is somewhat impatient and doesn’t trust others easily.

In other words, once that blockhead elf misunderstands, it’s usually a pain to resolve.

“Wait! Wait a minute! I have something to say about this situation…”

“…”

Still, I tried to persuade her first.

However, before hearing my excuses, Lucel muttered something small and flicked her hand.

For a moment, something sparkled in the moonlight, and something like a flash struck me directly.

I soon identified what it was.

‘Is it water fired at high pressure?’

A transparent stream of water must have been reflected in the moonlight.

Like a sharp blade.

In reality, if you touch it, your flesh will be torn and your bones will be pierced on the spot.

I have to dodge.

I immediately used space transition to skip the distance and avoid it.

“What!!”

As expected, Lucel couldn’t hide her composure as she looked surprised at the transition, and quickly looked back at where I had moved.

Perhaps she raised her vigilance even more after seeing my abilities, she uses spirit magic again.

At that moment, the same sparkling signs as before were seen from all directions.

Not one or two. Hundreds.

If you look closely, you can see several water spirits rampaging.

Even with just my senses, there are at least ten!

-Attack?

-They say just shoot water!

-Water! I’ll shoot!

-Me too! Me too!

Is she summoning and handling multiple lower-level water spirits?

Contracting and utilizing multiple spirits of the same attribute.

That is also one of Lucel’s specialties.

‘Is she going to use those spirits to shoot high-pressure water streams from all directions…’

It’s quite a vicious tactic.

While most spiritists prefer only the strongest power and use only big techniques, Lucel, despite being a high-level spiritist, uses even low-level spirits without hesitation to deploy tactics.

“You won’t be able to avoid this!”

Soon, high-pressure water streams stretch out from all directions to pierce me.

I decided to focus on evasion first, putting everything else aside.

Somehow, I dodged and blocked the attacks that were really piercing at dangerous angles with space fixation, barely retreating to the gap where the water streams didn’t reach.

‘Ah…’

But I soon realized that it was a mistake.

‘I missed it!’

Lucel is not there.

The gap where I was distracted was not even a few seconds, but when I tried to find Lucel in the meantime, she had disappeared.

She hid her presence.

The weakness of a spiritist is the spiritist himself.

Thanks to that, one of the common tactics is to hide your appearance and thoroughly beat them up using only spirits.

I tend to use other abilities in combination, so I’m clumsy at concealment, but she’s different.

Because she only uses spirit magic.

Lucel uses a method of thoroughly considering the most ideal way to fight as a spiritist.

That’s why you can’t underestimate her even more.

Being orthodox means being purely strong in the standard way.

‘I can’t find her.’

Even when I use magic detection and infrared detection abilities to check, I can’t even catch a trace.

And in the meantime…

Pajik [sound of something crumbling].

The grass I stepped on crumbled.

‘Something’s up…’

Knowing Lucel’s specialty, there’s no way I wouldn’t know what this sign means.

I urgently summoned Salamander and created a wall of fire.

At that moment, a light of coldness flying from the darkness collided with the fire.

The steam created by the collision of cold and heat spreads in all directions.

Beyond the direction the ice flew from, a bird carved from transparent crystal is flapping its wings.

‘Ice attribute spirit…’

It is a mid-level spirit of ice attribute, one of the spirits Lucel has contracted with.

It is a dangerous spirit with the power to freeze objects or fly blades of ice.

‘Annoying!’

I pushed the steam away with the wind so as not to touch it rashly.

As expected, even the steam soon freezes.

Because that’s water after all.

Is she even assuming that I would block it with fire and melt it?

I moved non-stop, stomping my feet.

If I stop, my shoes will freeze and stick to the dirt and weeds, making my movements sluggish.

The scariest thing about ice attribute spirits is this terrifying coldness.

The water spirits’ water streams continue to shoot at me, aiming for me as I evade.

Even if I dodge, the splashing water droplets stick to me, freezing my armor.

In addition, the skin inside the armor is tingling and the bones seem to be freezing.

‘Spirit magic is more powerful than expected.’

She’s planning to make me sluggish little by little.

It feels like I’m being hunted.

In a hurry, I felt the need to come up with a countermeasure.

At least I have to block that coldness.

I opened the ability acquisition window and quickly entered what I needed.

I have quite a few points, so there shouldn’t be a big problem in acquiring what I need now.

I entered a trait that is strong against the cold and a trait that dwells in monsters that are not easily affected by attribute attacks.

With this, the chilling sensation that seemed to seep into my bones weakened.

I’ll be able to endure it a little.

Thanks to that, it became easier to move.

It’s effective.