It was the afternoon of December 31st of the Alexiel calendar.
Almost a year has passed since I met Amy.
After rescuing her, we ventured into the forest.
On the forums, I had found information saying that the calamity witch had a secret base in the empire, and after much searching, they finally found it.
It was a mansion hidden in the same forest where I rescued her.
(Was it a coincidence?)
We ventured in until we found a goblin-shaped talisman that marked an X on the map.
I removed it and found a button; pressing it opened a hatch like an underground bunker.
We entered, and after several minutes going down stairs, we found it.
It was an underground mansion, almost resembling a castle in its structure.
The garden was beautiful, possessing different types of flowers all around.
But, this wasn't normal, of course.
Everything seemed new, as if it had always been here.
It was there that I found the trap. This place was protected by ancient golems.
They were made of clay and rock.
They headed towards us to attack us.
(I'm smarter than them since on the forums they deciphered the password so the golems wouldn't attack you; I shouted at the top of my lungs.)
"Emeth!"
And they stopped.
(That was the original owner's password.)
(There's no information about him, but not that I care.)
We entered the mansion and everything was clean like the exterior.
While scouring every centimeter of this place, I found a huge library with books of lost or ancient magical knowledge.
(It's useless to me since I don't understand anything, but Amy seemed to understand what they said.)
I asked her how she knew and she said.
"They're written in the elven language."
"I see."
(Indeed, I don't understand a damn thing about the elven language since I didn't know of its existence.)
So I told her to learn and memorize all the books that were useful to her.
Of course, I also told her that I'm a reincarnated person and that this world is from an Otome game with an RPG theme.
She seemed not to understand anything at all, so I added another detail so she would believe me.
A little white lie.
"Besides what I told you. I am a guardian of the world. I was sent here by the goddess Alexia to protect this world. That's why I saved you; you were going to suffer a fate worse than death."
With those words, she now seemed to believe me, at least in what was a lie.
And so, days, weeks, and months passed until the current date.
I came yesterday to notify Amy of what we were going to do today.
Since there's also a training place, I was there all day perfecting my attacks and skills with my magical attribute.
"This feels good."
I was happy and relaxed because this place had its own Jacuzzi.
"After spending two days training very hard for tonight, nothing better than enjoying a bit of relaxation."
"You're right about that, Razel-sama."
I turned around to see the owner of that voice.
It belonged to Amy.
(She is 5 years older than me, that makes her the epitome of an older sister.)
(Unfortunately, it would be correct to say she's more of a little sister or childhood friend type.)
(After visiting her daily, buying her things a girl would want, food, and lots of clothes. She developed feelings towards me.)
(It took me half a year to realize that, because when she prepared dinner for the two of us, she was in a naked apron bringing the food.)
(At first I thought it was a joke or something similar, but she said.)
"You saved me from a horrible fate, gave me a place to live, security, and food. You've looked after me every day you could. How could I not fall in love with such a person? If you dislike my appearance or my race, I'll understand."
(When she said that, she seemed sad; it was then that it seemed like an exact scene from the romance novels I read in my free time.)
(I didn't know what to say since this had never happened as a possibility in my head. So I decided to act as if I were the dialogues of those conquerors.)
(I approached her and took her in my arms. She seemed to cry. After dinner, we had our first kiss followed by a splendid night that I only read about in fiction and dreamed of.)
(I never thought the female body was a gift from heaven for men.)
(I spent every break I had with Amy; she seemed to want it too. We let ourselves go and succumbed to the pleasurable sensation of a man and a woman.)
(I worried that she might end up pregnant. Not because I was terrified of being a father; that thought didn't cross my mind, but rather if she got pregnant, she wouldn't be able to help me with my plans.)
(There are no condoms in this world since it's an R15 game, but it seems reality and the game are different, as there are medicines for women that allow them to kill any bacteria or foreign substance that enters their body for 24 hours.)
(Back to her current appearance.)
She was completely naked. She was tall, with long limbs.
Juicy thighs that led to large hips and a butt meatier than beef.
A thin, curvaceous waist that would be impossible to obtain.
As for her chest, there were two large melons filled with flesh. These were covered by a towel and her hand. The pink part of those melons was covered; it was sad not to see them, but the rest of the view was a delight.
Her face returned to normal after a while and now I can enjoy her beauty, which is superior to that of a goddess.
A face that looked like a girl's on a woman's body. Full, red lips.
Blue eyes that reflected you when looking at you.
Long, silky blonde hair that reached the floor was now gathered in a large swirl behind her head.
Her pointy ears were also very cute. In fact, that was her weak point; she became very submissive when I touched or nibbled them.
Amy approached the edge and elegantly and refined came down to my side.
The towel was at her side and now she hugged me.
Her magnificent melons seemed to float in the water. I felt like playing with them.
"Oh, my."
Amy said that. Her face suddenly turned red.
Then she proceeded to look at me.
"Razel-sama, I can tell you're in a good mood despite training very hard."
"I'm sorry. But you are beautiful and perfect."
(I told Amy days ago that I wanted to have a harem. Since she accepted being my woman, she needed to know that I was obliged to have a legal wife. She left the room and after a while returned with several books.)
(They all dealt with concubines or duties of the legal wife.)
Amy said to me in an energetic tone.
"If Razel-sama wants to have many women by his side, it is my duty as the main woman to grant his wish! Besides. If we're going to save the world, having a large offspring and enjoying the pleasures of life is a worthy reward for you!"
With those words, Amy began to study various topics about women and nobility that she didn't know.
I took Amy by her shoulders and brought my face close to hers. Our lips touched and an affectionate hug was given by our tongues.
Amy said she wanted to make me happy, so she used her splendid enormous breasts to rub a meat rod.
The rod was very happy, even more so because the two large melons played with the tip and a tongue passed over it either licking it, giving it little bites, or an affectionate kiss.
After a while, the rod exploded a liquid that covered the upper part that wasn't in the water.
Amy passed over her lips a cream that ran down her cheeks and said.
"Delicious. I hope this will one day give me several babies."
(Those words and the innocence like lust in her gaze made the rod come back to life. This time the rod seemed happy as it was going to enter a wet cave.)
(The waters of the Jacuzzi shook a lot, accompanied by sounds of joy from both sides. When the waters stopped shaking, a loud sound of exclamation and happiness was heard.)
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Night had fallen. People were in the streets of their respective districts enjoying this special celebration.
I was with my family at the food stalls.
My mom was encouraging my dad to shoot at some stuffed animals to win them.
My little sister Gina, who was now 10 years old, was with me. I also had Colin with me.
I was enjoying this day, but I was also killing time until the expected hour.
(Today is the day when one of the future traitors of the Rosenberg Household, the family of the villainess daughter, will return after buying a cursed item.)
(That item is a mind control ring. That individual gives it to the villainess so she can use it on innocent members of her entourage to torment the protagonist.)
(I don't know the reason, but at the guild I found out he's a noble from a viscount household who has been making many strange movements lately.)
(They told me because the guild master is very easy to get drunk; I don't like alcohol, but others do.)
(He spilled everything I asked. Fortunately, he won't remember our conversation.)
"Onii-chan, look!"
Gina returned with a toy in her hands. It seems dad won something else.
She said it was for Colin.
It's a miniature version of a giant robot.
It seems to be very popular since lately I see many kids with them. It's jet black and very robust; its eyes are black and it seems to have something like a jet pack suitcase on its back.
I asked her what it was called and she said.
"The strongest mobile knight, Battler."
(What a strange and exaggerated name for a doll.)
◇
There were 30 minutes left until twelve and the fireworks made noise.
"Are you ready, Amy?"
"Yes, Razel-sama."
Me and Amy were on the rooftop of a building near the viscount's mansion.
The knights patrolling nearby left; they won't return for another 30 minutes. Enough time to destroy another possibility that risks the protagonist's safety.
(The first was Amy and now I'll help a little so Eli's punishment is small.)
I was dressed in special clothes made of leather and queen spider web.
I could conduct electricity, gradually reduce physical damage by 20%, and thanks to the slimes I caught, Amy was able to fabricate a spell that repelled magical attacks.
While she... for some reason wore a very elegant and beautiful dark blue dress.
The dress had an opening near her left leg, so her thigh could be seen by everyone. Her back was exposed, showing a sensual aura; it was designed with a star so the back wouldn't be so exposed.
The front part showed off her large melons a lot, which seemed to rest in the open air since she wasn't wearing a bra.
All that was held by a light tie around her neck. I reminded her, "We came on a mission, not a party." And she replied, "The mission will be a piece of cake, so there's nothing wrong with enjoying the night afterwards, right?"
I sighed. "As you wish, let's go to it."
We both disappeared like the shadows we are to enter and annihilate them all. (It's cruel and sad that some poor devils must die, but it's not my fault that happens to them.)
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A man was sitting drinking tea.
"Today was a busy day."
He had returned from buying various articles.
"I spent a fortune on those rings, ushishi."
Just as he said, he had bought unique items and among them were some rings.
"Now I'll be able to marry any woman without needing to give money."
The man had been affiliated with the Duke Rosenberg's household several years ago, but now no longer.
"I wonder which girl I should start with?"
At the moment his mouth made a lewd smile, a man entered shouting.
"Lord Arcel, there's a problem!"
The noble showed no change in his expression. He only said.
"Tell Liberta and Squalo to handle it."
"But my lord. They are dead!"
The noble spat out his tea.
"Dead? Impossible!"
"It's the truth!"
"... In that case, tell Abel and Marcel to go. They are our second-best knights after those two dead!"
"They're also dead! The intruders entered through different windows and started killing everyone! With my own eyes I saw Abel and Marcel being decapitated by a hooded guy!"
"Damn it... Tell those adventurers to go!"
Before the noble could say anything else, a large explosion was heard on the ground floor of the mansion.
The explosion was small, so the fire was controlled so no one would notice it.
At that moment, footsteps were heard approaching.
The man who came to inform his lord of what was happening ran out of there.
The noble got scared seeing the figure of a beautiful woman entering his room.
It was Amy.
"Viscount Arcel von Lussuria. Your crimes against humanity will be erased before you even think to commit them."
Amy extended her hand; a purple magic circle manifested in front of her hand and then...
◇
After entering the viscount's mansion, I encountered many guys.
"Who is this guy?"
"Intruder, kill him!"
"Gyaaaaah!"
(So no one would recognize me, I used a black iron mask with a strange mark on the front.)
(I bought it from some random store.)
(Even if they trace it, many people bought it, so it would be impossible to find out who it is. That's thanks to the knights being lazy.)
(Generally, there are no real crimes, but murder is something that occurs secretly all over the world.)
(That's why assassins take care of their victims when they're traveling.)
(No one would be stupid enough to attack in the capital where the empire's strongest knights reside, the sword saints.)
(But I am neither an assassin nor an idiot.)
(I am a guardian among the shadows.)
(I protect the world from a future where there is a possibility that everything ends badly. I will avoid that future at any cost.)
My weapon to kill these guys was a measuring tape which I used as a whip or sword.
Due to my lightning magic, I can send slight electrical discharges to harden it or not.
I cut throats, pierced hearts, or split enemies in two.
(I'm not a sadist, so I chose to kill them in the fastest and least painful way possible.)
Some strange guys who seemed strong came to kill me. They weren't, and that's saying something because I'm very weak.
Right now, I was facing a huge bald guy with tanned skin who said.
"You did well, shorty. But your luck ran out when the former B rank adventurer and now mercenary, the mighty Gladius-sama came to kill you!"
He had two large, heavy swords called claymores.
(I was on alert. B rank adventurers aren't hired as bodyguards or mercenaries if they don't demonstrate their skills beforehand.)
The big guy approached, swinging his sword from his right hand at me.
The sword hit the floor; that was because...
"You're so slow~"
(This guy moves slowly.)
(Or maybe, am I faster?)
I let him try to hit me to see if that was the case.
"Son of a bitch, don't think you're all that!"
Now he approached to hit me sideways with both his swords.
I counted the seconds. 1... 2... 3. (How boring.)
(Time really was slow. Which meant that my magic of using electricity coursing through my body as a kind of cloak was working.)
(I must practice it more.)
"Seriously. How slo~w~ you~ are~"
The big guy looked annoyed, his face red.
"I've had enough of you, you son of a bitch!"
The big guy put his arms to his sides forming an X with them.
"I planned to use this technique against one of the three swords. But you'll be a perfect candidate to test it on, hehehe."
Magical power was visible, imbuing the swords with an intense blue color.
"Eat this! Sonic speed slash!"
His arms left their position to launch a movement in the form of two half-moons that were joined forming an X.
The attack headed at great speed. Normally, a person couldn't block this. It would be their imminent death.
(Of course, if that person weren't me, after my arduous training with Amy who used attacks that could kill me.)
I simply moved aside, as if from a bad comedy anime.
The attack continued on until it hit some knights coming behind to help. They weren't lucky and were killed.
The big guy was smiling until he saw that I didn't have a scratch.
I stared at him and said.
"I don't know who you planned to attack with that, but if your opponent had been Lambert. You'd be dead before even launching it."
With a quick movement of my hand, I cut off the guy's head. It fell to the floor and a fountain of blood gushed from the severed place.
"Hmph. This seems easier than I thought. Maybe I shouldn't have told Amy to come."
"Leaving your back exposed is a fatal mistake. Talking is too, but it's too late for you."
I heard a voice coming from behind me.
(Only two seconds passed before I noticed it.)
A large, long black saber approached from my right.
(Dodging it was impossible. Like the river's current, I just sent my body to the left as if I had stumbled.)
Another two seconds passed and I fell to the ground; the black saber continued on to where my head was.
I jumped far forward and then got into a guard stance.
"Oh, you dodged it? Well done."
I observed the person telling me that after trying to take my life.
He was a man dressed in worker's rags. He wore a short reddish-brown scarf.
His hair was spiky and short, all messy.
His poorly shaved beard was there.
His eyes were black and gave the impression of being lazy.
Despite his appearance, he had good muscles.
In his right hand, he had a Japanese katana that only samurai would use.
The steel of the saber was a very dark black.
The hilt seemed to have been chewed by a dog and a silhouette of a flower was in the middle.
I asked in an annoyed tone.
"Who the hell are you, damn it?!"
The guy stared at me. His left hand moved to his right shoulder and took out a pack of cigarettes.
He placed one in his mouth and with a snap of his fingers, the cigarette lit.
After inhaling and then blowing out, he said.
"A common and ordinary A rank adventurer. Kurogane, the lazy blade, they call me."
(Definitely, you are lazy.)
(Wait a moment. I think I know that name.)
(Think, Razel, think...)
(I remember!)
"You... You're the most spit-upon A rank adventurer in the adventurer's guild!"
(This guy somehow managed to reach the lowest position of rank A. But he's so lazy that he just stays there until called to work.)
"Indeed. That's me."
(Don't accept it so easily!)
(What is he doing here?)
(More importantly than that. What the hell is something similar to Japan doing here?!)
(I remember reading that they wanted to include Japanese things, but they complained it would be too monotonous and absurd, so the idea was discarded.)
(Is this guy a remnant of that?)
"Hey..."
The guy spoke to me.
"They woke me from my nap and now I have to work."
(Don't sleep during work!)
"Sorry. I don't know who you are or what you do, but you're going to have to stop here or else..."
The guy got into an attack stance.
His left foot forward and his right hand ready behind.
I also got into an attack stance.
"Interesting. A strong opponent at last."
And so, our battle began.
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"Why did you do that?"
Amy launched a direct magical attack at the noble, but it was blocked by a third party.
He was sitting in a nearby armchair drinking directly from a bottle of vodka.
He was dressed in white, wore a pointed black hat with white lines on the sides.
He had a wooden staff with an animal skull and a crystal embedded in the center.
His hair couldn't be seen, but his face could. His mouth was small and a slight brown beard was visible.
His eyes were bandaged for some reason.
"You took too long, idiot!"
"Sorry."
Amy turned her face in disgust towards the mage.
The mage smiled wickedly.
(My job should have been finished since we arrived at his house, but I stayed drinking his liquor.)
"Damn bastard! No. Kill her!"
The mage stood up and his baggy pants made a flatulence sound.
"That was a very good magical attack, was it level 2 or 3 magic perhaps?"
Amy didn't respond.
"Well. A silent one. How boring!"
The mage directed his staff towards Amy and a red light appeared behind a magic circle.
(In these modern times, things like wands and staves are old-fashioned. The reason was more for fashion than anything else.)
(In the game that was the excuse for not using them. It seems that is also normal in this world.)
The mage, after seeing the smoke cloud, laughed.
"Hahaha! Clearly this was going to happen if you faced Judecca von Superbia, seat #9 of the 10 holy mages... huh?"
The mage stopped laughing when he saw a flower shield covering Amy. She still wasn't looking at him and only said.
"Is that all?"
The mage began to get annoyed and from the back of his throat shouted.
"Damn whore, how dare you look down on me!"
He raised his staff and a large magic circle manifested in the air.
"Taste level 4 magic with which I surpassed the 10th seat!"
The entire room darkened and everything was swallowed by absolute darkness.
Amy and the mage were the only ones inside that darkness.
"Kakaka. Space-time magic: void room. You won't be able to escape from here whether you want to or not."
Amy looked around her, but not at the mage.
"I'm going to rape you, bitch, for looking down on me! I'll use those big tits and that fat ass all day, kakaka!"
Hearing that, for the first time Amy directed her gaze at the mage.
"What did you say?"
The mage was in a distant position, smiled and said.
"That I—"
He couldn't finish what he was going to say because his legs were cut off by something.
He didn't even feel pain until a few seconds later when he let out a scream of absolute agony.
"U— Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!"
"My legs! My legs are gone! What did you do to me, damn wh—?!"
The mage fell silent after seeing what was happening.
(He used a blindfold to be able to see magical power. It was a very normal training actually.)
(But since his eyes were bandaged, the mage only observed the enormous amount of magical power that was gathering in one place.)
There were a dozen giant magic circles rotating counter-clockwise.
The mage pissed himself after feeling that absurd amount of magical power.
"You... how is it..."
The magic circles gathered to form a double six-pointed star.
"That's level 5 magic! How can you use it?"
(In the game, magic levels were measured based on their stats. But in this world, they are measured by how large the magic circle is.)
Amy said to the mage who wanted to cry.
"How dare a miserable and pathetic human being like you speak to me like that?"
Amy's eyes turned red and her blonde hair turned white at the tips.
"I am Razel-sama's woman! No man has the right to touch me except him! Worst of all, you dare to want to desecrate my body that was saved by him... unforgivable. Unforgivable!"
The magic circle finished forming and a violet light manifested. It was ready to attack at any moment.
"About what you said, it's not level 5 magic. It's level 6."
The mage's snot and tears fell upon hearing that.
"You don't deserve level 7; it's not worth using."
Amy raised her hand to the sky and then...
"Disappear."
A great radiance covered the entire dark room and the mage's last words before his body was evaporated were.
"So this is the higher level. Oh... god Eibos, how wonderful it—"
The mage was erased along with the black room.
◇
My battle against the adventurer was intense.
I was amazed to see that a black mist emanated from his katana.
That black mist was so intense that it swallowed everything.
I secretly had some shurikens I made and had electrified them.
But they were also devoured.
(Something I understood is that not only those of the demonic race could use dark magic. Humans too; a small percentage of them are born with this ability.)
(That's what this guy was telling me as we fought.)
We entered the ballroom.
We started destroying everything as we ran at great speed trying to cut each other.
He ran at the same speed as me.
(Since the boots I was wearing were covered with electricity, they allowed me to run long distances without getting tired.)
Now we were on the ceiling and my whip was the only thing that couldn't be swallowed by the mist.
(It seems that, being a thin object, it can't be swallowed. I say this because the tablecloths weren't absorbed by the mist, but the glass glasses were.)
(It was then that I had a brilliant idea.)
I stopped sending electricity to my boots and fell to the floor.
A large dust cloud covered the environment. Then I threw my thin sword at the guy.
He was also falling, heading straight for him. He caught it without much trouble.
It was then that I shouted.
"Idiot, you're an idiot!"
He must have noticed something because he threw the sword and then stepped back.
(For that very reason I called you an idiot.)
(He didn't notice that the glass glasses had water.)
(The water must have been there because some soldiers must have been playing.)
(It's stupid, but I noticed it after seeing the open door before entering.)
(Normally it should have been closed and we would have broken it, but we simply entered.)
(I don't know what the hell they wanted to do. Maybe some kind of rhythmic sonata by the way they were stacked.)
"It's over!"
Shouting that, the guy realized too late that a large amount of water surrounded us.
I crouched down to touch the water and shouted.
"Lightning magic: electrifying palm!"
A blue flash quickly traveled across the floor reaching his feet.
"Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!"
The adventurer screamed while being electrocuted.
After several seconds passed, the adventurer began to char and collapsed on the floor.
I approached him to deliver the finishing blow.
I turned him over to plunge my sword into his chest, but he grabbed my foot.
With his mouth he could barely utter sounds.
"... Wh... o are you...?"
(That question left me perplexed.)
(I am undoubtedly a guardian of the shadows.)
(I want to help the main characters as much as I can so that it's easier for them to defeat the demon kings.)
(But... my identity could be in danger.)
(I'm talking about this one. My true identity is safe as long as I have this mask on.)
(My mask...)
(It's covered in black with a slot in the shape of 4 bars at the mouth. The eyes are exposed to see clearly without any problem.)
(But the most striking detail is that the mark on the forehead is the symbol known as manji. The Buddhist mark representing prosperity.)
(I am an existence that works from the shadows to help save the world from its ruin. I am a black dot in the world, but being one who tries to save it, I would consider myself a white dot in a sea of darkness.)
(Therefore, the most appropriate name would be...)
"... I am Licht. The guardian of the shadows."
The guy laughed a little.
That was the last thing he did before I put him out of his misery in this world.
◇
After finishing the guy, I headed to the noble's bedroom.
I eliminated everyone who was still alive.
Upon arriving, I found Amy who had that guy's head cut off on his desk.
She seemed to be reading something.
She noticed my presence and with a childish tone of joy said.
"Razel-sama, you finished quickly!"
(There was little time left to complete the 30 minutes.)
"What are you looking for?"
"I found the record of the rings. I went to destroy them while you fought."
I wanted to say, "You could have helped me then!" but I kept quiet.
"Anything important besides that they were going to be used for evil?"
"Nothing is written, just a message from his seller."
(The seller, the source of the one who gave cursed items to the traitor nobles and the villainess's faction.)
"That's interesting. What does it say?"
"It only says that the duration of the effect depends on the wearer's magical power."
(Depends on magical power?)
(I didn't know that, but thanks.)
"Let's destroy this place and get out."
I turned around to leave, but Amy told me to wait a moment.
Turning to her and saying, "What's wrong?" She said, "The seller is someone who belongs to the second prince's faction, it says here."
My eyes opened wide at that surprise.
(The empire's second prince... this is something big and bad.)
(Undoubtedly, being a guardian that lies in the shadows is chaotic.)
"We'll leave it for later. Let's go."
"Yes."
We left the place and then Amy used fire magic. I don't know what her attribute was, but she could use various types, not to say almost all except light and dark.
She lamented not being able to heal me.
I watched from a rooftop as the mansion caught fire, burning any trace of evidence or remnant that could be used for evil.
Amy hugged me.
I looked at her and said.
"Are you cold?"
She replied.
"No. It's just that today is the last day we'll see each other daily."
"That's true."
She became sad since she found out that tomorrow was the day I entered the royal magic academy.
(In the game, this meant that I was finally going to enter the prologue of this game.)
(Finally, my life as a guardian among the shadows will begin.)
"Oh, that's right, I almost forgot."
Before Amy arrived, I went to a store and bought something.
It was cause for celebration because it was our first New Year's Eve together.
She opened the plastic bag and took out a hairband.
It was black with two butterflies the color of her eyes at the ends.
(It's a little childish, but I don't know what to give a girl.)
Amy saw it, smiled, and cried.
"... Thank you. Your gifts are just a sign of your affection for me."
She hugged me while crying tears of joy.
(This is a smile I didn't expect to protect by changing the course of gradually eliminating the powerful and enigmatic enemies.)
(Now, it will only be up to you. The protagonist and capture targets to save the world.)
(And so I, can enjoy my quiet life surrounded by the harem I deserve.)