Chapter 69

As I ran in front of the giant slime, which moved with a disgusting, slimy motion, I, the armored lady, was hesitating. If I continued toward the school building, the damage might become more severe, and I would be at the center of it, drawing a lot of attention. Therefore, I had to put an end to this chaos before it grew bigger. Well, it might already be too late.

(Alright! I'll show you the power of the armored lady!)

I stopped running, turned around, and faced the approaching slime. The slime, with its black, shiny body, was wriggling and extending its tentacles as it came closer.

(No way, I can't do this!)

The moment I saw its bizarre movements, a chill ran down my spine, and goosebumps appeared on my arms. I stopped facing the slime and started running again.

"Miss Mary! Over here!"

Then, Magilka, who was standing in an open area slightly away from the irrigation ditch, called out to me. Without thinking, I ran toward her. I could tell she was about to cast a spell, so I ran to face the slime, and the slime also lined up with Magilka.

Before long, I reached Magilka and passed by her, stopping a short distance away. Magilka, who had watched me go, spoke with a powerful voice.

"Freeze Arrow!"

She extended her hand toward the slime, and as she shouted, ice arrows appeared in the air and flew toward the slime. The slime did not try to avoid them and continued to charge forward, receiving the ice arrows, which froze the spots they hit and spread. Everyone thought the slime would stop, but it did not. It seemed to have taken damage, as the spots that were hit froze and crumbled, but that was all. The slime's advance was not hindered.

Naturally, the slime charged at Magilka, who was standing in its path.

"Ahhh! It's too big, I can't defeat it!"

"Amazing! To be able to withstand a magical attack! I really want to collect this data for my experiments!"

"Hey! Stop getting excited and do something!"

"There's no way we can do anything against a slime that can withstand the class master's magic. Oh, don't come this way! The prince is here too!"

(These guys...)

Magilka, in a hurry, turned and ran like me, protesting to the male students of the research club who were watching the scene with interest and admiration. She ran in a slightly different direction from me, and I quickly followed her.

"Magilka, why are you trying to get away from me?"

"Miss Mary, please don't come this way! The slime is targeting you!"

"It's not me, it's the armor! Don't say things that cause misunderstandings!"

Magilka, noticing that I was following her, scolded me, but I approached her, wanting to have her as a companion, and ran alongside her.

"Don't worry about such trivial things!"

While we were running side by side, Magilka suddenly disappeared from my sight. To be precise, it looked like she was pulled by something. I stopped and instinctively looked at the slime. As expected, Magilka was being pulled up into the air by a tentacle.

"Magilkaaaa!"

"Ah, nooo!"

Magilka, wrapped in a tentacle, was pulled toward the slime and then swallowed by it...

...but it didn't happen. For some reason, the slime stopped moving.

"..."

As Magilka and I froze, the slime pulled its prey once and then dropped it, as if saying, "Oh, this isn't it."

Then, the slime moved toward me again.

"It seems it's not interested in things that don't have the magic it seeks. That's a relief!"

"As a magician, it's quite humiliating!"

Magilka, who had fallen to the ground, seemed frustrated and groaned, her hand on the ground.

"Since we're safe, that's all that matters!"

I couldn't help but point this out to Magilka, which made me fall behind and get caught by a tentacle that extended toward my right arm.

"Ugh, it's disgusting! Right arm armor, off!"

I instinctively removed the armor from my right arm, and it was pulled away by the slime. The slime swallowed my right arm armor with a squelch.

"Ahhh! Miss Mary's arm is gone!"

"It's the armor, not my arm! Don't say things that cause misunderstandings!"

I corrected Safina's mistaken scream, showing my bare arm to everyone and waving it. To my surprise, the men's cheeks turned red.

(Is it really that charming, even just my arm?)

"Oooh!"

When I quickly hid my arm, the students around me let out a surprised cry. I looked back at the slime and was speechless.

(It's huge!)

Indeed, it was incredibly large. The slime, which had already been large, had swollen even more after absorbing the magic from my armor, becoming a super-giant slime. It was so big that students were gathering from a distance, wondering what was happening.

"Amazing! Amazing, Miss Mary! To be able to make it grow so much, can you let the slime eat your entire armor? I want to see how far it can go!"

The research club students, in their joy, said something terrifying.

(If I do that, it will become even more chaotic. I'll be revealed, and it will become even more chaotic, so it's impossible!)

I was exasperated by the men's curiosity, who didn't know that I was specialized in charm, and, unable to say it was disgusting, I decided to draw my legendary sword (laughs) and get ready.

"Magilka! Can you use a wide-area freezing spell?"

"Yes, I can, but only once. I can't freeze something that big with just one use!"

I called out to Magilka, who was probably nearby, while aiming my sword at the slime. As expected, her voice came from not far away.

"Whoa, what's that huge slime?"

"Look! The silver knight is facing the giant slime!"

"It's like a fairy tale..."

The students who had gathered were talking about us. The girls' swooning was particularly unsettling.

(I can't do what Safina does, looking for an opening and attacking while dodging. If I'm not careful, I might charge in and get wrapped up in those tentacles...)

I imagined my limbs being entangled by multiple tentacles and my body being covered in them, and I shook my head to dispel the thought. It seemed like a scene that a lady shouldn't be in.

"Hey! Mandrake, I caught it!"

A silly voice broke our tension, and Zaha, who had apparently come back, proudly showed his right hand, which held a root vegetable that was now plump and full of water. The slime, which had been moving, stopped and seemed to be deciding whether to go toward Zaha or me, its tentacles swaying. I didn't miss this opportunity and charged at the slime.

"Let me give you some advice, slime! He who chases two rabbits catches neither...!"

I closed the distance in an instant and thrust my legendary sword (laughs) into the slime. The jelly-like sensation was transmitted through the sword, and it was deeply embedded in the slime.

The slime, which had been hesitating, changed its target to me and tried to extend its tentacles, but it was too late. I unconsciously, really unconsciously, blurted out an embarrassing line from the silver knight. Oh, habits are scary.

"Thou shalt burst with the primal light! Nova Flare!"

In response to my words, a dazzling light swelled at the tip of the sword embedded in the slime, and the slime continued to swell.

"It's over."

I calmly declared, and the light inside the slime exploded, bursting like a balloon. I jumped back to avoid the explosion, and Magilka approached the slime.

"Diamond Dust!"

In response to Magilka's shout, a blizzard containing ice attacked the slime, which had burst and shrunk. As everyone watched in anticipation, when Magilka's spell ended, a frozen slime stood in the sunlight. I confirmed that it wouldn't move and turned around. The frozen slime cracked and collapsed, and a cheer rose from the crowd. I was startled by the loud cheer and looked around to see that a large number of students had gathered and surrounded us. Some of the girls were smiling dreamily.

(What? I'm not charming them, am I?)

I checked my armor to make sure I wasn't exposing myself. Only my arm was exposed, but there was no more exposure, and it didn't seem like I was charming anyone.

"Wow, amazing! He blew away that giant slime with one hit!"

"Fantastic! That's the silver knight!"

"The reincarnation of the silver knight!"

(No, no, no, Magilka is here too, right? She finished it off, didn't she? Didn't everyone see that? Why is it just me?)

As I heard the cheers and praises, I started to sweat profusely inside my armor. Despite Magilka being there, the impact of the full-body armor seemed to be too much, and everyone was focused on me.

In the midst of the cheers for me, I didn't leave gracefully, waving to everyone, but instead, I crouched and ran away.

(No, no, no! Don't get excited! Don't clap! Don't swoon!)

I ran with my hands on my helmet, hiding my face, and the students made way for me. I shouted in my mind while being showered with cheers and ran away.

As a side note, I was later able to successfully neutralize the charm amplification effect by boiling and drinking the mandrake I had caught. However, I couldn't honestly be happy that everything was resolved.

Thank you for reading this far.